National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME)

PHY-102: Applied Physics

Course Code: PHY-102 Semester: Fall-2020
Credit Hours: 2+1 Pre-requisite
Codes:
Instructor: Matee Ur Rehman Class: BE-ME-12
Section (A, B, C)
Office: Telephone:
Lecture Days: Monday, Tuesday, E-mail: malikmatti111@gmail.com
Thursday
Class Room: CR-207, CR-306, Consulting Hours:
CR-408
Lab Engineer: Lab Engineer
Email:
Updates on LMS:

Course Description:
The course covers topics in Physics that are directly related to Mechanical Engineering like
Mechanics, Electromagnetic waves, Alternating current circuits and solid state physics.

Course Outcomes/Objectives:
Course Objectives: To bring awareness among the students about fundamental concepts of
Physics applied in Engineering.
Course Outcomes: Define the basic terminology as related to applied physics; explain and
apply the relationships of length, mass and time: demonstrate problem-solving techniques
related to physics principles; solve appropriate physics problems using vector mathematics;
and summarize the laws of motion.

Books:
Text Book:  Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick & Walker (8th Edition)

Reference  University Physics by Young and Freedman (13th Edition)

Books:  Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Serway Jewett (6th Edition)
 Physics by Halliday, Resnick & Krane (5th Edition)

Guest Speaker / Guest Lectures

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Course Outline:
Week Topics Remarks
No.
1 Straight Line Motion: Motion, Position and displacement, Velocity,
Acceleration, Motion with constant Acceleration, Free fall
acceleration.
2 Two and Three Dimensional Motion: Position and displacement,
Average and instantaneous velocity, Average and instantaneous
acceleration, Projectile motion, Uniform Circular Motion.
3 Newton’s Laws of Motion: Newtonian Mechanics, Newton’s First
Law, Force, Mass, Newton’s Second Law, Newton’s Third Law,
Applying Newton’s Laws.
4 Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem: Work, Kinetic Energy, Work-Energy
Theorem, Power.
5 Conservation of Energy: Work and Potential Energy, Conservative
Forces, Determining Potential Energy Values, Conservation of
Energy.
6 Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): SHM, The Force Law for SHM,
Energy in SHM, Angular SHM, Uniform Circular Motion and SHM,
Damped SHM, Forced Oscillations and Resonance.
7 Types of Waves, Transverse and Longitudinal Waves, Wave length
and Frequency, Speed of Traveling Wave, Wave speed on stretched
string.
8 MID TERM EXAM
9 Energy and power of a wave travelling along the string, Wave
Equation, Principle of Superposition, Interference of Waves,
Phasors, Standing Waves, Resonance.
10 Transient Currents and Alternating Current Circuits: Transient
currents, Circuit Theorem, Growth & decay of charge of capacitor in
series with resistor, Growth & decay of current in RL series circuit.
11 RLC series circuits, Alternating voltage & current, Root Mean
Square value of alternating voltage and current, Sinusoidal voltage
applied across individual circuit components, Phasor concept.
12 Electromagnetic Waves: Oscillating electric and magnetic fields,
Electromagnetic waves from a dipole antenna.
13 Types of Electromagnetic waves, Reception of Radio Waves, Energy
carried by Electromagnetic waves.
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Week Topics Remarks

No.
14 Solid State Physics and Electronics: Crystal structure, Lattice,
Lattice Translation Vector, Basis, Primitive, Lattice cell, Energy
bands in solids, Valence and Conduction bands.
15 Conductors, Semi-conductors and Insulators, Doping, Types of
Semi-conductors, N-Type and P-Type semi-conductors, The junction
Diode, Biasing of PN-Junction, Characteristics of PN-Junction
16 Final Exam

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