PHYS 109

General Physics

2rd level

4(3+0+2)

Course description

Basic Principles of Mechanics: Units and dimensions, vector analysis, speed & velocity, acceleration, force, Newton’s law of motion, gravity, Centre of Mass, Linear Momentum, Torque and Equilibrium, work, energy, power.

Properties of Fluids: Gases, pressure, Continuity equation, flow of ideal liquid, Bernoulli's equation, Blood pressure measurements. Simple medical applications.

Basic Electricity: Coulomb’s law, electric field, electric potential, capacitance, steady electric currents, resistance, Ohm’s law, connecting resistors in series and in parallel, Kirchhoff's rules.

Optics: Nature of light, reflection and refraction of light, mirrors and lenses, human eye, simple optical instruments, simple medical applications.

Modern Physics (Atomic & Nuclear Physics): Electromagnetic spectrum, photon, wave properties of matter, atomic structure, Bohr atom and atomic spectra, X-­‐rays, Nuclear radiation, radioactivity, half-­‐life time, interaction of radiation with matter, radiation units, nuclear hazards, medical applications.