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UNIT
1
Mechanics

Motion in one dimension: average and instantaneous velocity – average and instantaneous acceleration – Equation of motion with constant acceleration – Motion in two dimension: average and instantaneous velocity – average and instantaneous acceleration – Equation of motion with constant acceleration – Newoton's three laws of motion – Force – kinetic energy – work – work-kinetic energy theorem – work and potential energy – elastic potential energy – Conservation of mechanical energy – Center of mass – linear momentum – linear momentum of system of particles– conservation of linear momentum – torque – angular momentum – angular momentum of system of particles – conservation of angular momentum.

UNIT
2
Gravity and Fluids

Newton's law of gravitation – Gravitation and the principle of superposition – Gravitation near earth's surface – Gravitation inside earth - Gravitational potential energy – Potential energy and force relation – escape speed – Kepler's laws – Satellites : orbits and energy – The compound pendulum and its time period – equivalent simple pendulum of compound pendulum and determination of 'g' Viscous force – Coefficient of viscosity – Poiseuille's formula for the flow of a liquid through a capillary tube – terminal velocity and Stokes' formula.

UNIT
3
Oscillation and Waves

Simple Harmonic Motion – differential equation and solution of free vibrations, damped vibrations and forced vibrations of a body – resonance. Definition & types of waves – Transverse and Longitudinal waves – characteristic of a wave: amplitude and phase – wavelength and angular wave number – period, angular frequency, frequency – phase constant – The wave equation – The principle of superposition for waves – standing waves and resonance. Sound waves – speed of sound – The decibal scale – beats – The doppler effect: general doppler effect, Detector moving and source stationary, detector stationary and source moving.

UNIT
4
Thermal physics

Postulates of kinetic theory of gases – Expression for the pressure exerted by a gas – Deduction of Boyle's law – Derivation of ideal gas equation – Derivation of gas laws – Derivation of real gas equation – concept of heat and temperature – Zeroth law and first law of thermodynamics(statement only) – specific heat of a material – specific heats of a gas – Work done by ideal gas : During isochoric, isobaric, isothermal and adiabatic processes – Stefan's law (statement only) – derivation of Newton's law of cooling from Stefan's law – kinds of transmission of heat – coefficient of thermal conductivity – Rectilinear flow of heat along a bar – Propagation of heat wave in an insulated rod – Lee's disc method to find thermal conductivity of bad conductors

UNIT
5
Electricity and Magnetism

Coulomb's law – superposition principle – electric field – electric field due to point charge – potential difference – electric potential – electric potential as line integral of electric field – potential at a point and potential difference between two points due to a point charge – relation between electric field and electric potential – capacitance of a conductor – principle of a capacitor – capacitance of a parallal capacitor – electric current – current density – expression for current density – Ohm's law and temperature coefficient of resistance – Kirchhoff's laws – application of kirchhoff's laws to Wheatstone's networke – potentiometer – magnetic field and magnetic lines of force – Faraday's laws of electro-magnetic induction – self induction – self induction of a long solenoid – Growth of a charge in a circuit with inductance, capacitance and resistance – Discharge of a capacitor through an inductor and resistor in series – EMF induced in a coil rotating in a magnetic field – AC circuit containg resistance, inductance and capacitance in series – impedance and resonance frequencey

Reference Book:

1. H.C.Verma, Concepts of Physics – I, Bharati Bhawan, 2015 edition. 2. H.C.Verma, Concepts of Physics – II, Bharati Bhawan, 2015 edition. 3. D.S.Mathur, Elements of Properties of Matter. S.Chand, Reprint 2014.

Text Book:

1. David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker, Principles of Physics, John Willey and Sons, tenth edition, 2015. 2. R. Murugesan, Properties of Matter, S. Chand, revised edition 2012, reprint 2016. 3. Brijlal, N. Subrahmanyam, P.S.Hemne, Heat Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, S. Chand, revised edition 2010, reprint 2014. 4. R. Murugesan, Electricity and Magnetism, S. Chand, 5th revised edition, 2003.

 

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