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KHAZAR UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING

AND APPLIED SCIENCES

COURSE SYLLABUS

Physics - 1
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PHYSICS 1

Identification

Semester: Fall 2010

Subject: Physics I
Credit: 3 units
Hours : 5 hours per week ( 3 - lect. 2 - pract. )
Instructor: Associate Professor Hikmet Hassanov
Phone: +994 12 217916
E- mail: hhassanov@yahoo.com

Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for attending this course except English and
Basic Calculus.
Textbooks
Cortex book:
1. C..Johnson
Physics (vol. 1), 4 edition, John Wiley & Sons., Inc. 1997

Supplementary books:
2. G.Gamow, J.M. Cleveland
Physics. Foundation and Fronties (3 edition)
Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New-Jersey, 1996
3. F.J. Keller, W.E. Gettys, M.J. Skove
Physics. Classical and Modern (2 edition)
McGraw-Hull, Inc., 1993
4. E.R.Jones and R.L. Childers
Contemporary College Physics, 2 edition,
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1990

Objectives
General objective of the Course:
• To meet curriculum requirements of the School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences;
• To support the students academically, to improve their chance of realizing
their potential;
• To build background for the students’ further engineering development.

Outcomes
By the end of the Course students should be able:
• To use physical laws for solving concrete applied engineering problems
• To develop ideal models of any process up to real one
• To evaluate alternating opportunities to describe the process
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Evaluation
Laboratory works 20
Participation 10
Mid-term examination 30
Final examination 40
Total 100

Course Schedule

Hours Reading
Classes
Weeks

Topics Assignment
Lectures Practic

1 1 Introduction to Physics. Basic units. 2 [1], Chapter 1

Ideal and real models. Scalars and
vectors. Operations with scalars and
vectors. Standards.
2 Mass point. Basic concepts of kine- 2 [1], Chapter 2
matics. Displacement and travel.
Average and instantaneous values of
speed and acceleration.
2 3 Basic concepts of dynamics. Force. 2 [1], Chapter 4
Inertial and non - inertial systems. Mass
of body. Inertia. Newton’s laws of
dynamics. Mass as inertia degree.

4 Solving the problem. 2

3 5 Work. Energy, kinetic and potential 2 [1], Chapter 6
energies. Power. [4], §§ 6.1-6.4

6 Conservative and non-conservative 2 [4], §§ 6.4-6.6

forces. Conservation law of energy.
Open and closed systems.
4 7 Impulse. Newton’s law of dynamics in 2 [1], Chapter 7
differential form. Conservation law of
impulse. Elastic and inelastic collisions.

8 Seminar. Discussion. 2
5 9 Inclined plane. Equation of motion. 2 [2], §§ 2.6;
Friction 3.5

10 Gravity. Weight. Universal law of 2 [2], Chapter 6

gravitation. Weightlessness. Practical
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methods of obtaining. Relativity

principle.

6 11 Rotational motion (Part1). Basic 2 [1], Chapter

concepts of rotation. Relationships 8,9;
between rotational concepts. [4], Chapter 7

12 Solving the problem. 2

7 13 Rotational motion (Part1). Equation of 2 [1], Chapter

motion. Moment of force. Moment of 8,9;
inertia. [4], Chapter 7

14 Liquids. Basic concepts of [1], Chapter

hydrodynamics. Flowrate and pressure. 2 11;
Reynolds number. Motion of liquid in [4], Chapter 9
pipes. Types of flows: laminar and
turbulent.
8 15 Mid - term examination.

9 16 Thermal properties of matter. States of 2 [1], Chapter

system. Basic concepts of molecular - 12;
kinetic theory. Temperature, quantity of [4], Chapter
heat. 10

17 Heat capacity. Internal energy. Ideal 2 [1], Chapters

gas. Laws of ideal gas. Heat transfer. 13,14;
Mechanisms of heat transfer. [4], Chapter
12
10 18 First and second laws of thermo- 2 [1], §§ 15.1-
dynamics. Entropy. Direction of 15.7; 15.11
processes.

19 Solving the problems. 2

11 20 Heat engine. Transformation of heat into 2 [1], §§ 15.8-
work. Efficiency of heat engine. 15.10;
Carnot’s cycle. [4], § 11.2

21 Various thermodynamics processes. 2 [4], § 12.8

Real gas and state equation. Van - der -
Vaals constants. Phase transitions.
12 22 Basic principles of statistics. 2 [4], § 12.9
Probability. Occasion. General laws of
statistics. Application in physics.
Barometric formula. Boltzmann
distribution.
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23 Discussion. 2
13 24 Types of mechanical waves. Periodic 2 [1], §§ 16.1-
waves. Mathematical description of 16.4; 17.5,
waves. Transverse and longitudinal 17,6
waves.

25 Solving problems 2
14 26 Vibrations. Harmonic motion. 2 [1], §§ 10.4-
Mathematical description of vibrational 10.8;
motion. [4], §§ 13.5 -
13.7
27 Pendulum. Types of pendulums. 2
Mathematical and physical pendulum.
15 28 Various types of vibrations. Damped 2 [4], §§ 13.8 -
vibrations. Standing waves. 13.10

29 Solving the problems. 2

16 30 Sound waves. Intensity. Beats. The 2 [1], §§ 16.5 -
Doppler effect. 16.10

31 Solving the problems. 2

Final Examination

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www.ipem.org.uk