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Course Outline
Course title: Physics - I
Summer Semester 2015
Department of Mathematics and Physics
Bashundhara, Dhaka - 1229

Instructor : Abu M Khan

Office : SAC 1020
Email : [email protected]
Office Phone : + (880)-2-55668200 Ext.1542
Course No. : PHY 107
Section No. : 01
Credit Hours : 03 (Three)
Class Meeting Time : Sundays and Tuesdays 9:40am - 11:10am
Class Meeting Place : NAC 202
Consultation Time : 2:30pm - 4:00pm everyday except Thursday or by appointment.
Course webpage : http://abukhan.weebly.com/phy107-s1.html
Visit this page frequently. Any announcement and the quiz/exam solu-
tions will be posted here.
Course description : This is designed to introduce the principles of newtonian mechanics at
the freshmen level of the undergraduate study for engineering majors or
equivalent. The key concepts to be developed throughout the semester
are: vectors, equations of motions, Newton’s laws, conservation laws of
energy, momentum, the Work-Energy theorem, extension of linear mo-
tion into rotational motion including the conservation laws, gravitation,
waves and oscillations.
Learning outcome : After the completion of the course, the students will be able to

• analyze and setup a physical problem mathematically correct, like

vector equations.

• understand and apply the fundamental conservation laws in me-

chanics to solve various problems, such as conservation law of total
energy.

• apply vector calculus to solve problems in two or three dimensions

• combine different simple concepts to solve an apparently compli-

cated problem

Required Textbook : Fundamentals of Physics. Author: Halliday, Resnick & Walker (9th
edition). Call # QC21.3.H35. Any edition is sufficient. However the
topics may have different section numbers depending on the edition.
Grade Distribution : The final grade is based on the attendance, quiz, two midterms and
the final exam contributing 5%, 15%, 40% and 40% respectively. Each
class attendance is worth 0.25 marks. So attending 20 classes
is equivalent to 5 marks which is the maximum a student can
have.
Attendances policy : Arriving 15 minutes late or more is automatic absent.
Rules and Regulations : There will be no make-up for any mid-term exams
No make-up for any missed quizzes.
The cell phone must be turned off during class times and in any exams.
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Dishonesty policy : During quizzes, mid-terms and final exam each student must work alone.
Any kind of unauthorized contribution(s) will be treated as cheating
and will be given a zero. Each student must bring his/her own
calculator in quizzes and exams.
Lecture Details : The tentative course/lecture schedule is given below. Note that these
may be changed if necessary. There will be ten quizzes and the best
eight will be counted.

Date : Topics
Lecture - 1 (19/05/2015) : Introduction. Measurement, units, dimensions, base units.
Lecture - 2 (24/05/2015) : Vectors: Scalars and vector quantities, vector addition rules using com-
ponents and geometrical methods, Vector product rules.
Lecture - 3 (26/05/2015) : Motion in one dimension. Displacement, Speed, Velocity and accelera-
tions; average and instantaneous vector quantities. Quiz-1.
Lecture - 4 (31/05/2015) : Free fall. Motion in Two and Three dimensions.
Lecture - 5 (02/06/2015) : Position, Displacement and acceleration vectors, average and instanta-
neous quantities. Projectile motion. Quiz-2.
Lecture - 6 (07/06/2015) : Newtons laws of motion. Force and mass. Types of forces. 1st and 2nd
laws. Free body diagrams.
Lecture - 7 (09/06/2015) : 3rd law, frictional forces. Quiz-3.
Lecture - 8 (14/06/2015) : Mid-Term Exam - I.
Lecture - 9 (16/06/2015) : Work and Energy. Work done by a force, Work-Energy Theorem. Work
done by gravitational and spring forces, Power.
Lecture - 10 (21/06/2015) : Potential energy and the conservation law of energy. Conservative forces
and the path independence of work done, potential curve. Quiz-4.
Lecture - 11 (23/06/2015) : Conservation law of energy with and without frictional work. Linear
Momentum. 2nd law revisited, conservation law of momentum, Impulse.
Lecture - 12 (28/06/2015) : Center of mass and the center of gravity. One and two dimensional
collisions, types of collisions. Quiz-5.
Lecture - 13 (30/06/2015) : Rotation. Rotational equation of motion. Relation between linear and
angular or rotational variables, moment of inertia, kinetic energy of ro-
tation.
Lecture - 14 (05/07/2015) : Torques, angular momentum, conservation laws. Quiz-6.
Lecture - 15 (07/07/2015) : Parallel axis theorem.
Lecture - 16 (12/07/2015) : Static equilibrium. Quiz-7.
Lecture - 17 (14/07/2015) : Mid-Term Exam - II.
Lecture - 18 (21/07/2015) : Newtons law of Gravitation, superposition principle, acceleration near
earth surface and at an altitude.
Lecture - 19 (26/07/2015) : Gravitational Potential energy, Keplers laws of gravitational motion,
orbits and satellites. Quiz-8.
Lecture - 20 (28/07/2015) : Elastic systems. Spring and the SHM, Uniform circular motion.
Lecture - 21 (02/08/2015) : Position, velocity and acceleration of mass-spring system. Energy of a
SHM. Quiz-9.
Lecture - 22 (04/08/2015) : Wave equation. Standing and travelling waves.
Lecture - 23 (09/08/2015) : Transverse and longitudinal waves. Damped and forced oscillation.
Quiz-10.
Lecture - 24 (11/08/2015) : Interference of waves, sound waves, beats.
Final Exam : Date, time and Venue are to be announced later.