Offered to students admitted to Year 1 in | ALL |
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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | Y N |
Course Code | PHYS1050 |
Date | 2024/11/12 18:56 |
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PHYS1050 Physics for engineering students (6 credits) | Academic Year | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Offering Department | Physics | Quota | --- | ||||||||||||||||||||
Course Co-ordinator | Dr C C Ling, Physics < ccling@hku.hk > | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Teachers Involved | (Dr C C Ling,Physics) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Objectives | This course offers a comprehensive training of physics for engineers. It covers the major physical laws on mechanics, electricity and magnetism. A calculus-based approach is adopted. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Contents & Topics |
This course will introduce and discuss the following topics: Units and Dimensional Analysis, Motion of a Particle in One and Two Dimensions, Newton's Laws of Motion, Friction, Circular Motion, Force, Impulse and Momentum, Force Polygon and Static Equilibrium, Work and Energy, System of Particles, Moment of Inertia and Rotation of a Rigid Body, Simple Harmonic Motion and Pendulum; Electrostatic Fields and Potential, Gauss's Law, DC circuits, Magnetic field due to Moving Charges, Force on a Moving Charge in Magnetic Field, Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday's Law, Eddy Currents, AC circuits, Phases in Capacitive and Inductive Circuits, Power, DC and AC Generators, Transformer. |
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Course Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
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Pre-requisites (and Co-requisites and Impermissible combinations) |
Level 3 or above in HKDSE Physics or Combined Science with Physics components or equivalent; and (Level 2 or above in Module 1, or Module 2 of HKDSE Mathematics or equivalent, or Pass in MATH1011) (This course is exclusive for Engineering students.) |
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Offer in 2024 - 2025 | N | Examination | |||||||||||||||||||||
Offer in 2025 - 2026 | N | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Grade | A+ to F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Communication-intensive Course | N | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Type | Lecture with laboratory component course | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Teaching & Learning Activities |
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Assessment Methods and Weighting |
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Required/recommended reading and online materials |
Lecture notes provided by Course Coordinator R. Serway and J.W. Jewett: Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Thomson, 2009, 8th edition) R. D. Knight: Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Pearson, 2008, 2nd edition) |
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Course Website | http://moodle.hku.hk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Course Information | NIL |
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