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PHYS 2411 - Physics I
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Course last offered
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Fall 2011/12
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Instructor(s)
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Yee Fai NG
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No. of credits
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4
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Teaching Pattern
Content
- Straight line motion, vector quantities
- Two- and three- dimensional motion
- Newton’s Laws of motion
- Friction, drag and centripetal force
- Work kinetic energy theorem
- Conservation of energy
- Centre of mass and momentum
- Rotational motion: Newton's Laws, kinetic energy
- Rotational motion: Torque, angular momentum
- Newtonian gravitation
- Simple harmonic motion
- Transverse waves
- Longitudinal waves
- First law of thermodynamics
- Kinetic theory of gases
Remarks
- Exclusion: PHYS 1411, PHYS 1431, PHYS 2421
- Prerequisite: AS*/AL** Physics or AL** Engineering Science
* AS – Advanced Supplementary Level of Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination
* *AL – Advanced Level of Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination
PHYS 2411 will not be offered w.e.f. Spring 2012/13. It can be substituted by PHYS 1111 or PHYS 1112 or PHYS 1151 or PHYS 1152, together with PHYS 1113.
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