PHYS 110

PHYS 110   GENERAL PHYSICS I
COURSE OUTLINE- SEMESTER 1- 2016
 

1. INSTRUCTOR

NAME:                         KHALID ALZAHRANI
CONTACT DETAILS:    EMAIL:    [e-mail]
                                 OFFICE:   ROOM 2A-20 BUILDING 4
                                 PHONE:   [phone]
                                 WEBSITE: http://fac.ksu.edu.sa/alzkhalid
 

1. MEETING TIME AND VENUE

SUNDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
          11-11;50 am, ROOM 1A109-BUILDING 4
 

1. MAIN COURSE OBJECTIVES

THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH BASIC PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF  CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND INSTRUMENTATION TO FACILIATE STUDENTS TO BE WILL PREPARED FOR ADVANCED COURSES IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS.
 

1. STUDENT LEARNING RESOURCES
2. LECTURE NOTES
3. TEXTBOOK
4. PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS (R.A. SERWAY) . Edition 9
5. ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READING
6. الفيزياء العامة للجامعات ( خضر الشيباني و اسامة العاني)
7. Internet and Library

 

1. ASSESSMENT SCHEME
2. MID-TERM EXAM I           15%
3. MID-TERM EXAM II          15%
4. LABORATORY                     30%
5. FINAL EXAM                       40%

 

1. COURSE CONTENT

 Physics and measurement

1. Standard of Length, Mass, and Time
2. Dimensional analysis
3. Conversion of units

vectors

1. Coordinate systems
2. Vector and Scalar quantities
3. Some properties of vectors
4. Adding vectors geometrically
5. Components of a vector and unit vectors
6. Adding vectors by components

7.Multiplying vectors
Motion in one dimension

1. Position, Velocity, and Speed
2. Average Speed and Average Velocity
3. Instantaneous Velocity and Speed
4. Acceleration
5. One-Dimensional motion with constant acceleration
6. Freely falling objects

 
The laws of motion

1. The concept of force
2. Newton's First law and inertial frames
3. Mass
4. Newton's second law
5. Gravitational force and weight
6. Newton's third law
7. Some applications of Newton's laws
8. Force of friction

Energy and energy transfer

1. Work done by a constant force
2. The scalar product of two vectors
3. Work done by a varying force
4. Kinetic energy and the work-kinetic energy theorem
5. The nonisolated system- conservation of energy
6. Power
7. Potential energy of a system
8. The isolated system- conservation of mechanical energy
9. Conservative and nonconservative forces
10. Changes in mechanical energy of nonconservative forces
11. Relationship between conservative forces and potential energy

Static equilibrium and Elasticity

1. Elastic properties of solids

Fluid mechanics

1. Pressure
2. Variation of Pressure with depth
3. Pressure measurements
4. Buoyant forces and Archimedes' principle
5. Fluid dynamics
6. Bernoulli's equation

Temperature and Heat

1. Temperature and the zeroth law of thermodynamics
2. Thermometers and the Celsius temperature scale
3. Heat and internal energy
4. Specific heat
5. Work and heat in thermodynamic processes
6. Energy transfer mechanisms