Physics 1
I McLeod
3 points * 1 hour lecture, 2 hour tutorial/laboratory class * First semester * Caulfield
Simple harmonic motion (SHM), energetics of SHM, damped and forced oscillators, wave characteristics, superposition principle, reflection and transmission, travelling harmonic waves, standing waves, velocity of waves on a string, nature of a sound wave, resonant standing sound waves, Doppler effect, beats, sound intensity, ray optics, reflection and refraction, total internal reflection, dispersion, plane and spherical mirrors, interference, Young's experiment, thin film interference, single slot diffraction, Rayleigh criterion, gratings, polarisation.
Assessment
Examinations (2 hours): 75% * Laboratory work: 25%
Prescribed texts
Benson H University physics Wiley, 1991