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Course: Physics I Degree: Aerospace Engineering YEAR: 1st TERM: 1st Weekly Programming Description Weekly Programming For Student Description
Course: Physics I Degree: Aerospace Engineering YEAR: 1st TERM: 1st Weekly Programming Description Weekly Programming For Student Description
COURSE: PHYSICS I
DEGREE: AEROSPACE ENGINEERING YEAR: 1st TERM: 1st
WEEKLY PROGRAMMING
WEEK SESSION DESCRIPTION GROUPS LABORATORY WEEKLY PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENT
LECTURE SEMINAR 4.SB01 DESCRIPTION CLASS HOMEWO
4.SB02 HOURS RK HOURS
4.SB03 Maximum
7 H
1 1 Kinematics of a particle. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Position, velocity, and acceleration vectors. Trajectory equation. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
Intrinsic coordinates. Tangential and normal components.
1 2 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
2 3 Kinetics of a particle. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 6
Newton’s Laws of motion. Inertial frame of reference. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
Free‐body diagrams. Examples of forces: weight, elastic force,
normal force, centripetal force, string tension, friction force.
2 4 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
3 5 Kinetics of a particle. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Work of a force. Principle of work and energy. Conservative X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
forces and potential energy. Conservation of mechanical
energy.
3 6 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
4 7 Kinetics of a particle. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Principle of linear impulse and momentum. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
Angular momentum and moment of a force.
4 8 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
5 9 Kinetics of a system of particles. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 6
External and internal forces. Generalized Newton’s second Law. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
Energy, linear momentum, and angular momentum.
Conservation of energy and momentum.
Collisions. Direct central impact. Coefficient of restitution.
Oblique central impact.
5 10 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
6 11 Planar kinematics of a rigid body. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Translation. Rotation about a fixed axis. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
Relative velocity in plane motion. General plane motion
6 12 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
7 13 Planar kinematics of a rigid body. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Instantaneous centre of zero velocity. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
Absolute and relative acceleration.
7 14 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
8 15 Relative motion. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Motion relative to rotating axes. Coriolis acceleration. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
8 16 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
9 17 Planar kinetics of a rigid body. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Moment of a force. Moment of a couple. Reduction of a system X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
of forces. Equations of motion of a rigid body.
9 18 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
10 19 Planar kinetics of a rigid body. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 6
Plane motion equations: Translation, fixed‐axis rotation, general X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
plane motion. Moment of inertia.
Rolling motion.
10 20 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
11 21 Planar kinetics of a rigid body. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Work and energy. Impulse and momentum. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
11 22 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
12 23 Oscillations. ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Harmonic motion. Undamped and damped free oscillations. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
Forced oscillations. Resonances.
Small oscillations around equilibrium. Vibration of rigid bodies.
12 24 X ‐ Solve the proposed exercises. 1.66
‐ Participation in discussions and activities.
13 25 Waves ‐ Reading in advance of the corresponding book chapters. 1.66 5
Normal modes. Transversal and longitudinal oscillations. X ‐ Study and personal work on the lecture.
Wave equation. Normal modes of a rope.
Harmonic waves. Phase and group velocities.
13 26 Errors and uncertainty in Physics measurements. (*) ‐ Reading of the guideline document. 1.66 3
X ‐ Analysis of results.
‐ Preparation of the report.
14 27 Mechanics phenomena. (*) ‐ Reading of the guideline document. 1.66 3
X ‐ Data acquisition.
‐ Analysis of results.
‐ Preparation of the report.
14 28 Mechanics phenomena. (*) ‐ Reading of the guideline document. 1.66 3
X ‐ Data acquisition.
‐ Analysis of results.
‐ Preparation of the report.
29 Oscillations and waves. (*) ‐ Reading of the guideline document. 1.66 3
X ‐ Data acquisition.
‐ Analysis of results.
‐ Preparation of the report.
SUBTOTAL 48.33 + 80 = 128
15 Tutorials, Handing in, etc 2 2
16‐18 Assessment 3 15
TOTAL 150
(*) The schedule of laboratory sessions is tentative and will be confirmed by the course coordinator.