Course content

Mechanics; Motion, work and energy, rotation, angular momentum, conservation laws. Waves and oscillations: Harmonic motion, forced oscillations and resonance, harmonic waves, the Doppler effect. Thermodynamics: Kinetic theory of gases, first and second laws, entropy, Carnot cycle, heat pump. Electromagnetism: Charge, potential, electrostatics and capacitance, current and DC circuits, magnetic field, magnetic induction.

Learning outcome

Students are expected to be able to:
- conduct logical reasoning based on fundamental ideas in physics
- use mathematics as a tool to formulate and find answers to problems in physics
- state and understand Newton’s laws for translational and rotational movement, the 1. and 2. law of thermodynamics, as well as fundamental electromagnetism
- explain, with simplified quantitative models, the principles of operation of certain everyday devices, such as combustion engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and compulsory home work problems. The final written exam counts 80% and the mid-term exam counts 20% for the final grade of the course, which is given as A-F. A re-sit examination may be changed from written to oral.

Compulsory assignments

• Calculation and laboratory exercises

Recommended previous knowledge

Course TMA4100 Calculus 1.

Course materials

P.A. Tipler and G. Mosca: Physics for scientists and engineers, 6 ed, Freeman and Worth, 2003.

Credit reductions