GEC-5 NATURAL SCIENCE (APPLIED PHYSICS)

Semester: 1
Credit Hours: 3(0-3)
OBJECTIVES:  Introduction of Applied physics to the students

COURSE OUTLINE:
 Introduction to vectors and scalars
 Addition of vectors
Vectors and Scalars  Components of vectors
 Vectors and laws of physics
 Multiplying vectors
 Introduction to electric charge
Electric Charge  Conductors and Insulators
 Coulomb’s Law
 Introduction to Electric Field
 Electric field lines
 The electric field due to point charge
 The electric field due to electric dipole
Electric Fields  The electric field due to line of charge
 The electric field due to a charged disk
 A point charge in electric field
 A dipole in electric field
 Introduction to Gauss’ law
 Flux
 Flux of an electric field
 Gauss’ Law and its applications
Gauss’ Law  Gauss’ law and Coulombs’ Law
 Applying Gauss’ law to Cylindrical Symmetry
 Applying Gauss’ law to Planner Symmetry
 Applying Gauss’ law to Spherical Symmetry
 Introduction to electric potential
 Electric potential energy
 Calculating the potential from the field
Electric Potential  Potential due to a point charge
 Potential due to group of charges
 Potential due to an electric dipole
 Potential due to continuous charge distribution
 Introduction to capacitance
 Calculating the capacitance
Capacitance  Capacitors in parallel and series
 Energy stored in an electric field
  Introduction to electric current
 Current density
Current and  Resistance and Resistivity
Resistance  Ohm’s Law
 Power in electric circuits
 Semiconductors and super conductors
 Introduction to electric circuits
 Work, energy and EMF
 Calculating the current in single loop circuit
Circuits
 Multi loop circuits
 The RC Circuits
 The ammeter and voltmeter
 Introduction to magnetic fields
 What produce magnetic field
 The Hall effect
Magnetic Fields
 A circulating charge particle
 Magnetic force on a current carrying wire
 Torque on a current loop
Motion in 1D, 2D &  Position, velocity and acceleration
3D  Projectile motion
 Newton’s Law
Newton’s Law and its  Applying Newton’s law
applications  Friction
 Drag Force and terminal velocity

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1. Fundamentals Of Physics, 9th Edition by Halliday, Resnick & Walker

2. University Physics, 12th Edition by Sears and Zemansky’s
3. Fundamentals Of Electromagnetic Phenomenon, D. Corson & Lorrain, W. H. Freeman
& Co.
4. Physics, Volume 1, Halliday, Resnich and Krane, Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons,
Inc.