PHYS

111

Classical Mechanics, Sound and Heat

(

3

cr)

Prerequisite: PHYS 100 (for students who did not take a university preparation level course in physics during their high school studies), MATH 131 or concurrent enrollment for Thanawiya ‘Amma Science and Mathematics. Concurrent with PHYS 123L.  Offered in fall, spring and summer.

An introduction to classical mechanics covering vectors, applications of Newton's laws, conservation laws and forces, motion in a plane, circular motion, equilibrium and elasticity, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, energy and power; mechanical and sound waves, temperature, heat and the first law of thermodynamics.
 

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