Physics for Engineers

This course deals with mechanics, heat, sound, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism. It discusses the fundamental concepts and principles in mechanics, with emphasis on linear and two – dimensional kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, energy and momentum, harmonic motion, fluid mechanics, and their applications, thermal expansion, thermal stress, heat transfer, calorimetry, laws of thermodynamics, wave motion, electrostatics, the nature and interaction among electrical charges, the concept of electric field and electric energy, and the application of the methods and concepts of algebra, trigonometry, graphical analysis, and basic calculus. 

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, the student should be able to:

CLO1: Use algebra, trigonometry, and calculus in resolving vector properties that are associated in analyzing Bodies in Motion.

CLO2: To explain the nature of rotating bodies under influence of gravity and to predict the outcome in colliding bodies by applying laws of conservation in energy and in momentum.

CLO3: To identify the properties of fluids and solve related problems concerning its responds to heat and its role in heat transfer.

CLO4: Define electric charge, static electricity and current electricity and the coexistence of electricity and magnetism

Course Outline

• Topic 1. Scalars and Vectors 
• Topic 2. Motion in One and Two Dimensions 
• Topic 3. Forces and Laws of Motion
• Topic 4. Work, Energy, Power
• Topic 5. Momentum and Collisions
• Topic 6. Rotational Motion and the Law of Gravity
• Topic 7. Electricity and Coulomb’s Law
• Topic 8. Capacitors and Resistors
  
• Topic 9. Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s Law
  
• Topic 10. Magnetism
• Topic 11. Periodic Motion and Waves
  
• Topic 12. Fluid Mechanics
  
• Topic 13. Temperature and Heat