Prerequisites and co-requisites |
None |
Language of instruction |
English |
Type |
Required |
Level of Course |
Bachelor's |
Lecturer |
Asst. Prof. Dr. Çağdaş ALLAHVERDİ |
Mode of Delivery |
Face to Face |
Suggested Subject |
None |
Professional practise ( internship ) |
None |
Objectives of the Course |
The course’s objective is to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of physics and their practical applications, and to provide students with a foundation to build upon in their future studies. The course introduces to non-major students physical quantities and measurements, mechanical motion, force, work and energy, and oscillations and waves. |
Contents of the Course |
The topics covered in this course include:
• quantitative approach, measurements, quantities, and units;
• vectors and manipulations with vectors;
• kinematics of mechanical motion and simplest motions;
• dynamics of mechanical motion, Newton’s laws, forces, momentum, solving motion using forces;
• rotational motion, torque and angular momentum, rotational and rolling motion of solid bodies;
• conservation of energy, linear, and angular momentum, significance and application of conservation laws in physics;
• simple harmonic oscillations, forced oscillations and resonance, simple wave motion, basic properties of waves.
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Subjects |
Teaching Methods and Technics |
1 |
Introduction. Quantitative approach. Physical quantities. Introduction to the idea of a vector. |
Lecturing |
2 |
Introduction to the basics of vector calculus. |
Lecturing |
3 |
Mechanical motion and its description; position, speed, and acceleration |
Lecturing |
4 |
Simplest mechanical motions; equations of motion, uniform, uniformly accelerated, free fall, ballistic motion, circular motion. |
Lecturing |
5 |
Causes of mechanical motion. Inertial motion and inertial reference frames. |
Lecturing |
6 |
Newton’s three laws, mechanical forces. Momentum of motion. |
Lecturing |
7 |
Midterm |
Exam |
8 |
Some simple examples of forces: gravity, weight, normal force, and friction. |
Lecturing |
9 |
Relativity of motion, relativity and 1st Newton’s law. |
Lecturing |
10 |
Properties of elastic deformation forces; tension, longitudinal, transversal, and shear deformations, elastic modules. |
Lecturing |
11 |
Inferring force from motion, 3rd Kepler’s law and Newton’s gravitation law. |
Lecturing |
12 |
Force and work, work-energy theorem, kinetic energy. |
Lecturing |
13 |
Conservation laws in mechanics; conservation of mechanical energy, conservation of mechanical momentum. |
Lecturing |
14 |
Rotational motion, forces and torque |
Lecturing |
15 |
Review |
Lecturing |
16 |
Final Exam |
Exam |
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Material / Resources |
Information About Resources |
Reference / Recommended Resources |
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H.D. Young, R.A. Freedman and A.L. Ford, Sears and Zemansk's University Physics with Modern Physics Technology Update, 13th Edition, ISBN 10: 0-321-89470-7, 2014 |
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Raymond A. Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th edition, Saunders College Pub, 1996 |
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D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics Extended, 9th Edition, Wiley, 2009
ISBN-10: 0-321-64363-1, 2010. |
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