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Giancoli, D. C. (2008) Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, 4th edition (Pearson Prentice Hall).

Reference books include:

• Urone, P. and Hinrichs, R. (2013) College Physics (OpenStax College): non calculus based book which can be used as an introductory text for topics cover.
• Halliday, D, Resnick, R and Walker, J Fundamentals of Physics
• Tipler, P Physics for Scientists and Engineers
• Ohanian, Physics: readable and has “interludes” or “essays” reflecting interests often expressed by students
• Marion and Hornyak, Physics for Science and Engineering: is more mathematical than required for our courses
• Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics

MyUni: Teaching materials and course documentation will be posted on the MyUni website ().

This course will be delivered by the following means:

• 3 lectures of 1 hour per week
• 1 tutorial of 1 hour per week
• 1 practical of 3 hours per fortnight

A student enrolled in a 3 unit course, such as this, should expect to spend, on average 12 hours per week on the studies required. This includes both the formal contact time required to the course (e.g., lectures and practicals), as well as non-contact time (e.g., reading and revision).

The course content will include the following:

Coursework Content

Rigid Body Mechanics (34%)

• Systems of particles: centre of mass (CM), combining sub-systems, continuous distributions of matter (calculus); inertial frames and Newton's 1st Law (revised), 3rd Law (revised), motion of CM and Newton's 2nd Law for system, momentum conservation, CM frame.
• Rotation: angular displacement, vector angular velocity and acceleration, constant angular acceleration; torque, rotational inertia, rotational 2nd law (fixed axis); calculating moments of inertia (point masses and continuous distributions, e.g. uniform disc); parallel- and perpendicular-axis theorems.
• Angular Momentum: L = r x p and rotational 2nd Law for single particle and for system of particles; extension to CM frame with fixed-direction axis (not derived); L for rigid body, component Iw along (fixed) axis, balanced wheels; conservation of L, collapsing star (pulsar), Kepler area law, gyroscope; precession; rotational K.E., relation to work done by net torque, rolling bodies.
• Equilibrium: Proof CM = centre of gravity (uniform field), free-body diagrams; problem-solving strategies, e.g. suspended roof/awning, box on rough floor; stability.
• Oscillations: Springs, natural length, mass hung from spring, 2nd-order d.e., general solution via work-energy method; SHM, amplitude, phase, angular frequency, phase constant, initial conditions; relation to motion on circle; SHM K.E. and P.E.; pendula - simple, physical, and torsional.

Waves (20%)

• Types of waves
• Propagation of a pulsed wave
• Periodic wave equation
• Principle of Superposition
• Interference
• Phasors
• Fourier analysis
• Transverse wave on a stretched string
• Sound waves
• Reflection and transmission at boundaries
• Standing waves and resonance

Optics (20%)

• Electromagnetic spectrum
• Wave model and polarization
• Coherence
• Transmission of light and reflection at boundaries
• Huygens’ Principle
• Fermat’s Principle and its application to reflection and refraction
• Fresnel number and the conditions required for geometrical and physical optics.
• Imaging – general properties
• Refraction at spherical surfaces and thin lenses
• Imaging using thin lenses with application to magnifying glass
• Two-slit interference
• Thin film interference
• Michelson interferometry
• Diffraction
• Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a single slit
• Effect of diffraction on an image and the Rayleigh criterion.

Relativity and Quantum Physics (26%)

• Relativistic Kinematics: Speed of light, Einstein’s' Postulates, simultaneity, relativity of simultaneity, lengths perpendicular to relative motion, time dilation, proper time, twin paradox, length contraction, Lorentz transformation, addition of velocities.
• Relativistic Dynamics: Relativistic momentum and its conservation; rest energy, K.E., and total energy; energy conservation.
• Electromagnetic Radiation: Bragg scattering of X-rays, Planck's hypothesis for cavity radiators, photon energy and momentum, Compton scattering, Compton shift, pair creation.
• Matter Waves: de Broglie hypotheses for momentum and energy, electron diffraction, electron microscope, Heisenberg uncertainty principles.

Practical Work Content

Experiments, carried out in groups of three students, selected from:

• Conservation of Momentum
• Thin Lenses
• Potentiometer
• Capacitors in AC Circuits
• Magnetic Fields
• Speed of Sound
• Wheatstone Bridge
• Telescope
• Rotation

To obtain a grade of Pass or better in this course, a student must achieve a result of at least 30% in each practical and an overall result of 40% for the practical component and attend the final examination.

The coursework result comprises a contribution from your preparation for tutorials with the remainder from the in-semester tests and your written examination. The MyUNI quiz and the experimental work contribute to the result for practical work.

Tutorial preparation and participation
Tutorials are held weekly, starting in the second week. The grade for the tutorial is based on the student’s preparation and participation during the tutorial. Poor tutorial results can be partly replaced by a better performance in the final exam.

The tutorial mark can contribute up to 10% of the final course grade if it improves the mark for the coursework component. Otherwise, the tutorial mark contributes 5% and the result for the written exam is more highly weighted.

Practical work
There are five practical sessions which are all compulsory. For each practical, the student must obtain a Satisfactory result in the preparatory work, attend the practical session and submit the logbook for assessment. During the practical sessions, students work in groups of 2 or 3. The students in each group will select one of their completed experiments and cooperate to prepare a scientific poster which is presented in the final practical session. This poster will count for 25% of the practical assessment component.

In – Semester Tests (5% -20% of the total course grade)
Up to 4 tests will occur throughout the semester. Poor results in the tests can be partly replaced by a better performance in the final exam. This is achieved by varying the contribution of this task towards the total assessment to optimise the final result for each student. If the in-semester tests contribute less than 20% towards the final grade then the written exam will be more highly weighted.

Examination (50% - 70% of the total course grade)
The final examination will be based primarily on lecture/tutorial material.

Submission of Assigned Work
Coversheets must be completed and attached to all submitted work. Coversheets can be obtained from the School Office (room G33 Physics) or from MyUNI. Work should be submitted via the assignment drop box at the School Office.

Extensions for Assessment Tasks
Extensions of deadlines for assessment tasks may be allowed for reasonable causes. Such situations would include compassionate and medical grounds of the severity that would justify the awarding of a supplementary examination. Evidence for the grounds must be provided when an extension is requested. Students are required to apply for an extension to the Course Coordinator before the assessment task is due. Extensions will not be provided on the grounds of poor prioritising of time. The assessment extension application form can be obtained from:  

Late submission of assessments
If an extension is not applied for, or not granted then a penalty for late submission will apply.  A penalty of 10% of the value of the assignment for each calendar day that the assignment is late (i.e. weekends count as 2 days), up to a maximum of 50% of the available marks will be applied. This means that an assignment that is 5 days late or more without an approved extension can only receive a maximum of 50% of the marks available for that assignment.