BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI - HYDERABAD CAMPUS

INSTRUCTION DIVISION
FIRST SEMESTER 2013-2014
Course Handout (Part-II)
Date: 02 /08 /2015
In addition to part I (General handout for all courses appended to the timetable) this portion gives further
details regarding the course.
Course Number : PHY F111
Course Title : MECHANICS, OSCILLATIONS & WAVES
Instructor-in-Charge : P.K. THIRUVIKRAMAN
Instructors :, Sashideep Gutti, Harihara Venkatraman, Asrarul Haque, Sharmistha Banik, Kannan
Ramswamy, KVS Shiv Chaitanya, Adonis Lupulescu
Course Description: Mechanics, Waves and Oscillations is a basic physics course, which will cover the
following topics in Mechanics, Vibrations and Waves: Polar Coordinates, Angular Momentum, Rigid
body motion, noninertial frames and fictitious forces, Central force motion, Harmonic Oscillator, Coupled
Oscillations.
Scope & Objective: Physics is an exact science which provides the basic logic and structure to build an
understanding of other branches of science and engineering. In this course, the subjects of Mechanics,
Oscillations, and Waves are covered with the aim to prepare the students for advanced level courses. The
objective of this course is to develop problem solving skills.
Text Books:
1. An Introduction to Mechanics, by D. Kleppner and R. Kolenkow, Tata McGraw-Hill Edition, 2007.
2. French, Anthony P, Vibrations and Waves, CBS, 1987.
Reference Books:
1. The Physics of Vibrations & Waves, by H. J. Pain, 6th edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.
2. Physics Vol I & II, Halliday/Resnick/Krane 5th Edition, John Wiley, 2003.
3. Berkeley Physics Course Volume I, Tata-McGraw Hill.
4. Classical Dynamics 5th Edition by Thornton and Marion, CENGAGE Learning,

Lecture
Number

Learning
Objectives

Topics to be covered

Chapter/Section

Topics from Text Book 1 (Kleppner and Kolenkow)

1-2

3-7

Vectors and

Velocity

in

1.6-1.9

Kinematics

Plane Polar Co-ordinates

To understand the

Angular Momentum, Torque, Fixed axis

6.1-6.7

concept of Angular

rotation, Physical Pendulum

Momentum and to
study rotation of a
rigid body about a

and

Acceleration,

Motion

fixed axis
8-12

To study rigid body

Conservation

of

angular

momentum,

motion

vector nature of angular momentum, The

7.1-7.4

Gyroscope,
13-17

To study non-

Galilean

transformations,

inertial frames and

accelerating

systems,

understand the

equivalence,

Physics

origin of fictitious

coordinate systems

Uniformly

principle
in

8.1-8.5

of

rotating

forces
18-24

Understand

Central force motion, Energy diagrams,

Central Force

planetary motion, Keplers laws

9.1-9.7

Motion
24-28

Simple harmonic

Displacement, velocity and acceleration

motion (SHM)

in SHM, energy of a simple harmonic

10.1-10.4

oscillator, Damped and forces harmonic

oscillators

Topics from Text Book 2 (A.P.French)

29-31

Coupled

Stiffness

coupled

oscillators,

normal

Oscillations

modes, degrees of freedom etc, double

pendulum

32-33

Coupled

Matrix method for finding normal mode

Oscillations

frequencies, matrices, eigenvalues and

(contd.)

eigenvectors,

coupled

oscillations

Ch.5
pp: 119-132
Class notes

of

loaded string and wave equation

34-36

Transverse

wave

motion

Waves,
reflection
waves,

solution
and
energy

of

wave

equation,

transmission,
of

vibrating

standing
string,

standing wave ratio, wave group and

Ch.7
pp: 201213,230

group velocity
37-39

Interference and

Interference, Newtons ring, interference

Diffraction

from two and more sources

Ch.8
pp: 267-280

40-42

S.No.
1
2
3
3

Interference and

Diffraction,

intensity

distribution,

Diffraction

Fraunhoffer

diffraction,

transmission

(contd.)

diffraction grating, resolving power

Evaluation
Component
Test I
Test II
Assignment
Comprehensive
Examination

Duration
60 mins.
60 mins.
3 hours.

Weightage
(%)
20
20
20
40

Date & Time

Ch.8 (contd.)
pp: 281-293

Nature of
Component
Open Book
Closed Book
Open Book
Closed Book

Chamber Consultation Hour: To be announced in class.

Notices: Notices and solutions will be displayed only on the PHYSICS department notice board
and on the Course Management Service (CMS) website.
Make-up Policy: Make up for tests will be granted only if the make-up letter is forwarded by the
Chief Warden.

Instructor-in-Charge
PHY F111