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PHS1080
Faculty of Science
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.
6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL
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| Level | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
| Organisational Unit | School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Offered | Clayton First semester 2015 (Day) |
| Coordinator(s) | Dr Kavan Modi |
Synopsis
The unit introduces fundamental principles of physics of importance to engineering, and their applications. Topics include: Newtonian mechanics - forces, momentum, work and energy; torque and equilibrium; electricity - emf, Ohms Law, series and parallel resistors, power, capacitor and time constant; magnetism - force on currents and moving charges in magnetic fields, flux induced emf, DC motor and ideal transformer; basic wave properties, light and sound, superposition, standing waves; modern physics - photon model of light, wave model of particles, model of electrons in atom, emission and absorption of light; measurement, analysis, and written communication.
Outcomes
On completion of this unit students will be able to:
- Explain and understand concepts taught in the unit such as force, energy, work, and wave propagation;
- Apply their knowledge to solve problems related to these concepts;
- Evaluate and appraise novel situations in terms of mechanics, electric and magnetic fields, and waves;
- Execute experiments involving simple apparatus and analyse, interpret and evaluate the results arising from them;
- Present and communicate results of others and one's own experimentations in a scientific form.
Assessment
Test: 8%
Quizzes/Assignments: 7%
Practical work: 25%
Exam (3 hours): 60%
Students must achieve a pass mark in the practical work to achieve an overall pass grade.
Workload requirements
Three hours of lectures, three hours of practical (compulsory) and six hours of private study per week
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