Physics
Associate Professor Charles Don
6 points * Four 1-hour lecture/problem classes and one 3-hour laboratory class per week * First semester * Clayton * Prerequisite: VCE Physics recommended * Corequisite: MAT1010, MAT1050 or MAT1910 * Prohibition: PHS1031
This subject comprises three units. (1) Electrical measurement: Resistive circuits, DC and AC currents, RC circuits, introduction to filtering. (2) Mechanics I: Non-rotational Newtonian mechanics, introduction to special relativity, introduction to thermodynamics. (3) Waves: The general behaviour of waves including reflection, polarisation, interference and diffraction with applications to optics, sound, and mechanical vibrations. Laboratory experiments are linked to these topics and develop a range of important experimental skills.
Assessment
Examinations (2 x 2 hrs): 70% * Laboratory work: 20% * Tests: 10%
Prescribed text
Halliday D and others Fundamentals of physics 4th edn (extended), Wiley, 1993