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Proportion of
Week Due
Assessment task Total
Assessment
Theoretical
1 Midterm Written Exams 5th - 7th week 20 %
2 Quizzes, class participation and home
2nd - 14th week 10 %
assignments.
3 By the end of
Final exam 40 %
the semester
Practical
5 Lab reports weekly 10%
6 Lab midterm exams 4th - 6th week 5%
7 Lab final exam 12th -13th week 15%
Total 100 %
Course Book
SI Units CGS BE
• International • Centimeter-gram- • British Engineering
system of units second system
Basic Units of Measurements
Time Mass Length
Second(s) Kilogram(kg) Meter(m) SI units
Second(s) Gram(g) Centimeter (cm) CGS units
Second(s) Slug(sl) Foot(ft) BE
Ps: All other quantities can be derived from the basic units..
12 inch x ( ) = …. cm
The Conversion of Units
12 inch x ( ) = 30.5 cm
Base quantities and units
The international system (SI) has seven base quantities
and units
Base Quantity Base unit
Name Symbol Name Symbol
time t second s
length l meter m
mass m kilogram kg
temperature T,Ѳ kelvin K
Electric current I ampere A
Derived quantities
They depend on base quantities
They are many
Examples : force, velocity, acceleration etc
Their units are known as derived units because they are
derived from base units
Homogeneous equations
Scalars Vectors
Distance Displacement
Speed Velocity
Mass Weight
Pressure Force
Energy Momentum
Temperature Acceleration
Volume Electric current
Density Torque
Scalars and Vectors
A scalar quantity is one that can be described with a single number
(including any units) giving its size or magnitude.
A vector quantity is one that deals inherently with both magnitude and
direction.
Ps: arrows are used to present the direction of the vector, and the length of
the arrow represents the magnitude.
SCALARS AND VECTORS
Representing Vectors
+ =
F1
F2
Resultant F1+F2
Vectors acting in the opposite direction
F1
F2
Resultant F1-F2
Ѳ
X
1.By Calculation
The magnitude of the Resultant vector R can be
Found using Pythagoras theorem: R2 = X2 + Y2
tanѲ = opposite/adjacent = Y/X
Trigonometry
Pythagorean Theorem
The square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum
Of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides:
Vector addition
Example:
PHYS
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