T.C.
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS
PHYSICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
MASLAK 34469 ISTANBUL
PHYSICS 106E – 2015/2016 Spring
TEXTBOOK:
University Physics, Young & Freedman (12th Ed.) Pearson/Addison Wesley
SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT:
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Physics , Gettys Keller and Skove, McGraw-Hill
Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Wiley
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Fishbane, Gasiorowicz and Thornton, Pearson
Week
Chapter
Topics
1
Periodic Motion (13.1-13.4)
Describing Oscillation, Simple Harmonic Motion, Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion,
Applications of Simple Harmonic Motion
2
Periodic Motion (13.5-13.8)
The Simple Pendulum, The Physical Pendulum, Damped Oscillations, Forced Oscillations
and Resonance
3
Mechanical Waves (15.1-15.5)
Types of Mechanical Waves, Periodic Waves, Mathematical Description of a Wave,
Speed of a Transverse Wave, Energy in Wave Motion
4
Mechanical Waves (15.6-15.8)
Wave Interference, Boundary Conditions, and Superposition, Standing Waves on a
String, Normal Modes of a String
5
Elasticity (11.4-11.5) Fluid Mechanics (14.1-14.6)
Stress, Strain and Elastic Moduli, Elasticity and Plasticity, Density, Pressure in a Fluid,
Buoyancy, Fluid Flow, Bernoulli's Equation, Viscosity and Turbulence
6
Sound and Hearing (16.1-16.8)
Sound Waves, Speed of Sound Waves, Sound Intensity, Standing Sound Waves and
Normal Modes, Resonance and Sound, Interference of Waves, Beats, The Doppler Effect,
7
Temperature and Heat
(17.1-17.4)
Temperature and Thermal Equilibrium, Thermometers and Temperature Scales, Gas
Thermometers and the Kelvin Scale, Thermal Expansion,
8
Temperature and Heat
17.5-17.7)
Quantity of Heat, Calorimetry and Phase Changes, Mechanisms of Heat Transfer
9
Thermal Properties of
Matter (18.1-18.4)
Equation of State, Molecular Properties of Matter, Kinetic-Molecular Model of an Ideal
Gas, Heat Capacities
10
Thermal Properties of
Matter (18.5-18.6)
Molecular Speeds, Phases of Matter
11
First Law of
Thermodynamics (19.1-19.5)
Thermodynamic Systems, Work Done During Volume Changes, Paths Between
Thermodynamic States, Internal Energy and the First Law, Kinds of Thermodynamic
Processes
12
First Law of
Thermodynamics (19.6-19.8)
Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas, Heat Capacities of an Ideal Gas, Adiabatic Processes for
an ideal Gas
13
Second Law of
Thermodynamics (20.1-20.5)
Directions of Thermodynamic Processes, Heat Engines, Internal-Combustion Engines,
Refrigerators, The Second Law of Thermodynamics
14
Second Law of
Thermodynamics (20.6-20.8)
The Carnot Cycle, Entropy, Microscopic Interpretation of Entropy.
Homework: There will be online homework sets posted on the webpage of Physics Department (www.fizikodev.itu.edu.tr).
Exams: In each exam four or five test question will be adapted from an assigned homework problem
1st Midterm
2nd Midterm
Final Exam
: March 19, 2016
Includes Periodic Motion (13.1-13.4) – Fluid Mechanics (14.1-14.6)
: April 30, 2016
Sound and Hearing (16.8) – Thermal Properties of Matter (18.5-18.6)
: Exact date and time will be announced by the Student Administration Office (Includes all chapters). (January 4-15,
2016)
Letter Grade Weights:
Homework
1st Midterm
2nd Midterm
Final
: 10 %
: 25 %
: 25 %
: 40 %
Attendance:
The minimum passing grade will be 50% of the overall grade.
A minimum of 70% attendance to the lectures is required to be able to take the final exam.