Course Code: PHY-S101
Breakup: 3 –1 – 3 – 5
Course Name: Physics-I
Course outcomes (CO): At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
CO1: Understand the behaviour of Physical bodies
CO2: Understand the basic concepts related to the motion of all the objects around us in our daily life
CO3: Gain the foundation for applications in various applied fields in science and technology
CO4: Understand the concepts of vectors, laws of motion, momentum, energy, rotational motion, central force field, gravitation, collision and special theory of relativity
CO5: Empower the students to develop the skill of organizing the theoretical knowledge and experimental observations into a coherent understanding
Course Details: (Theory)
Unit 1: Revision of vectors, vector differentiation, ordinary derivatives of vectors, space curves continuity and differentiability, partial derivatives of vectors, gradient, divergence, curl, vector differentiation and their geometrical interpretation, various coordinate systems: polar coordinate, orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system, unit vectors and tangent vectors in curvilinear systems, special orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system, cylindrical coordinate system and spherical polar coordinate systems.
Unit 2: Inertial and non-inertial frames, fictitious force, Coriolis force, Newton’s laws of motion and its applications, friction, conservative and non-conservative force, work energy theorem, conservation of linear momentum and energy, variable mass system (Rocket motion), simple harmonic motion, small oscillation, equilibrium, condition for stability of equilibrium, energy diagram, small oscillation in a bound system, working of Teetertoy.
Unit 3: Concept of centre of mass and calculation of center of mass for different objects, system of particles and collision, conditions for elastic and inelastic collision, collision in center of mass frame, rigid body kinematics, rotational motion, moment of inertia, theorems on moment of inertia, calculation of moment of inertia of bodies of different shapes.
Unit 4: Central force field, properties of central force field, inverse square law force, gravitational field and potential; Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and its application Wave mechanics, wave particle duality, De-Broglie matter wave, Schrodinger wave equations (time dependent and time independent), uncertainty principle and its applications
Unit 5: Frame of reference, Galilean transformation, Michelson-Morley experiment, postulates of special theory of relativity, Lorentz transformations, Length contraction, time dilation, velocity addition theorem, variation of mass with velocity, Einstein’s mass energy relation, relativistic relation between energy and momentum, rest mass of photon.
Text and Reference Books:
1. Vector Analysis by M. R. Spiegel, Schaum's Outlines, 2021
2. Introduction to Mechanics: R. D. Kleppner and J. Kolenkow, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 2014
3. A textbook of Mechanics by J. C. Upadhyay,Ram Prasas Publications; 1st edition, 2017
4. Mechanics by D. S. Mathur, S. Chand; New edition, 2000
5. Theory & Problems of Theoretical Mechanics by M. R. Spiegel, Schaum’s Outline Series, 2017
6. Introduction to Special Theory of Relativity by Robert Resnick, Wiley, 1st edition 2007.
7. Concept of physics (Part-I ) by H. C. Verma, Bharti Bhawan Publisher, 2022.
8. Quantum Mechanics by L.I. Schiff, McGraw-Hill Education (India) Pvt Limited, 2017.
9. A Textbook of Quantum Mechanics by P.M. Mathews and K. Venkatesan, McGraw-Hill Education (India) Pvt Limited, 2010.
10. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by D.J.Griffiths, 3E, Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Teacher: SURESH KUMAR SHARMA,