Course Outline.
 

Waves and Oscillations
Credit Hours: 4
Course Outline:

Ø Work & Energy:
Work done by a constant force, scalar product of two vectors, work done by a varying force, kinetic energy and work energy principle,

Ø Conservation of Energy:
Conservative and non-conservative forces, potential energy, mechanical energy and its conservation, law of conservation energy, gravitational potential energy and escape velocity, power


Ø Oscillations & Waves
Oscillation of a spring, simple harmonic motion, energy in the simple harmonic oscillator, simple harmonic motion related to uniform circular motion, the simple pendulum, damped harmonic motion and vibration resonance, characteristics of wave motion, waves types, energy transported by waves, wave equation, principle of super position, reflection, refraction, diffraction, and standing wave.

Ø Sound waves and Acoustics :
Characteristics of sound, Mathematical Representation of Longitudinal waves, intensity of sound: Decibels, Sources of Sound: Vibration Strings and Air

Columns, Quality of sound and Noise: superposition, Interference of Sound Waves : Beats, Doppler’s Effect, Shock Waves and Sonic Boom, Applications: Sonar, Ultrasonic and medical imaging

Lab Outline
From course contents.
Recommended Books:

Physics for scientist and engineers by Douglas C. Giancoli, Prentice Hall, Latest edition