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The document outlines the course outline for a Physics 1011 course at Addis Ababa University. It covers 13 topics in physics including kinematics, dynamics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and applications of physics. The course is divided into lectures covering physical quantities, vectors, motion, forces, energy, momentum, fluids, heat, oscillations, electricity, optics, and applications in various fields. References for further reading are provided at the end.

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The document outlines the course outline for a Physics 1011 course at Addis Ababa University. It covers 13 topics in physics including kinematics, dynamics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and applications of physics. The course is divided into lectures covering physical quantities, vectors, motion, forces, energy, momentum, fluids, heat, oscillations, electricity, optics, and applications in various fields. References for further reading are provided at the end.

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Addis Ababa University

Department of Physics
Phys 1011 Course outline
1. Preliminaries
1.1 Physical Quantities and Units of Measurement (3 hrs)
1.1.1 Quantities and Units
1.1.2 A unit of measurement
1.1.3 Measurement
1.1.4 Fundamental and Derived Units
1.1.5 Dimension and dimensional analysis
1.1.6 SI Prefixes and scientific notation
1.2 Uncertainty in Measurement and Significant Figures
1.2.1 Uncertainty in measurement
1.2.2 Sources and Types of Error
1.2.3 Accuracy versus Precision
1.2.4 Quantifying Uncertainties
1.2.5 Error Propagation
1.2.6 Significant Figures
1.2.7 Order of magnitude
1.3 Vectors: Addition, Components, Magnitude and Direction
1.3.1 Vectors
1.3.2 Vector notation
1.3.3 Geometrical representation of vectors
1.3.4 Equality of Two Vectors
1.3.5 Adding and Subtracting Vectors geometrically
1.3.6 Components of a vector
1.3.7 Adding and Subtracting Vectors Algebraically
1.3.8 Unit Vectors
2. Kinematics in one Dimensions(3hrs)
2.1 Distance and Displacement
2.1.1 Distance
2.1.2 Position and Displacement
2.1.3 Speed and Velocity
2.1.4 Speed and Average Speed
2.1.5 Velocity and Average Velocity
2.1.6 Instantaneous velocity
2.2 Acceleration
2.2.1 Average and Instantaneous Accelerations
2.2.2 Motion with constant acceleration
2.2.3 Free fall motion
3. Kinematics in Two Dimensions (3hrs)
3.1. Displacement, velocity and acceleration in two dimensions
3.1.1 Position and displacement
3.1.2 Velocity
3.1.3 Acceleration
3.2 Projectile motion
3.3 Kinematics of circular motion
3.3.1 Uniform Circular Motion
3.3.2 Tangential and Radial Acceleration
4. Dynamics (6 hrs)
4.1 The Concept of Force as a Measure of Interaction
4.1.1 The Concept of Force
4.1.2 The Vector Nature of Force
4.2 Types of Interactions
4.2.1 Contact and Field Forces
4.2.2 Fundamental Forces - Forces of Nature
4.3 Newton's Laws of Motion
4.3.1 Newton's First Law of Motion
4.3.2 Newton's Second Law of Motion
4.3.3 Newton's Third Law of Motion
4.4 Motion with Friction
4.4.1 The Normal Force
4.4.2 Friction
4.5 Dynamics of Circular Motion
4.5.1 Centripetal Force
4.5.2 Fictitious Forces
4.5.3 Applications of centripetal forces
5. Gravitation and Kepler’s Laws of Motion
5.1 Newton’s Law of Gravitation
5.1.1 Free-Fall Acceleration and the Gravitational force
5.1.2 Gravitational Potential Energy
5.1.3 Escape Speed
5.2 Kepler’s Law and the Motion of Planets
5.2.1 Kepler’s First Law
5.2.2 Kepler’s second Law
5.2.3 Kepler’s third Law:
6. Work and Energy (3 hrs)
6.1 The Concepts of Work and Energy
6.1.1 Work done by a constant force
6.1.2 Kinetic energy and work-energy theorem
6.1.3 Elastic potential energy
6.1.4 Gravitational potential energy
6.2 Conservation of Energy
6.3 Power
Mid Exam

7. Linear Momentum (4 hrs)


7.1 The Concept of Momentum and Impulse
7.2 Conservation of Momentum
7.3 Collisions in One Dimension and in Two Dimensions
7.3.1 Perfectly Inelastic Collisions
7.3.2 Elastic Collisions
7.3.3 Two dimensional (Glancing) Collisions
7.4 The Concept of Center of Mass
8. Fluid Mechanics
8.1 Density and Pressure in Static Fluids
8.1.1 Density
8.1.2 Pressure
8.1.3 Variation of pressure with depth
8.1.4 Pressure measurements
8.2 Buoyant Forces, Archimedes’ Principle
8.3 Moving Fluids and Bernoulli’s Equation
8.3.1 Equation of continuity
8.3.2 Bernoulli’s equation
8.4 Properties of Bulk Matter/Stress, Strain/
8.4.1 Young’s Modulus: elasticity in Length
8.4.2 Shear Modulus: elasticity of Shape
8.4.3 Bulk Modulus: volume elasticity
9. Heat and Thermodynamics(2 hrs)
9.1 The concept of Temperature: Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
9.2 Temperature scales and Absolute Temperature
9.3 Thermal Expansion
9.3.1 Linear Expansion
9.3.2 Volume Expansion
9.4 The Concept of Heat and Energy
9.5 Specific Heat and Latent Heat
9.6 Heat Transfer Mechanisms
9.6.1 Conduction
9.6.2 Convection
9.6.3 Radiation
9.7 Energy Conservation: The First Law of Thermodynamics
10. Oscillations and Waves (2hrs)
10.1 Simple Harmonic Motion
10.1.1 Motion of an Object Attached to a Spring
10.1.2 Energy of Simple Harmonic Oscillator
10.1.3 Comparing Simple Harmonic Motion with Uniform Circular Motion
10.1.4 The Simple Pendulum
10.2 Resonance
10.3 Mechanical Waves
10.3.1 Wave Types and Propagation of a Disturbance
10.3.2 A Travelling Wave
10.4 Standing Waves
10.4.1 Standing Waves in a String
10.4.2 Standing Waves in Air Columns
10.5 The Doppler Effect
11. Electromagnetism and Electronics (7 hrs)
11.1 Coulomb’s Law and Electric Fields
11.1.1 Coulomb’s Law
11.1.2 Electric Fields
11.2 Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy of point charge
11.3 Current, resistance and Ohm’s Law
11.3.1 Electric Current
11.3.2 Resistance and Ohm’s Law
11.4 Electrical Energy and Power
11.5 Equivalent Resistance and Kirchhoff’s law
11.5.1 Sources of electromotive forces (emf)
11.5.2 Combinations of Resistor
11.5.3 Kirchhoff’s Law
11.6 Magnetic field and Magnetic Flux
11.6.1 Magnetic Force on a moving charge
11.6.2 Magnetic force on a current carrying wire
11.6.3 Torque on a current loop
11.6.4 Magnetic Flux
11.7 Electromagnetic Induction
11.7.1 Faraday’s law
11.7.2 Lenz’s law and Motional emf
11.8 Semiconductors and Diodes
11.8.1 Intrinsic Semiconductors:
11.8.2 Extrinsic Semiconductors
11.8.3 The PN-junction
11.8.4 Active Circuit Elements
12. Geometrical Optics
12.1 The Ray Aspect of Light
12.2 Reflection and Refraction
12.2.1 Reflection
12.2.2 Refraction
12.3 Image formation by thin Lenses and Mirrors
12.3.1 Image Formation by Lenses
12.3.2 Image Formation by Mirrors
13. Cross-Cutting Application of Physics
13.1 Application in Agriculture
13.1.1 Energy balance in soils
13.1.2 Physics of soils
13.2 Physics and Industries
13.3 Physics in Health Sciences and Medical Imaging
13.3.1 RADIOACTIVITY
13.3.2 Health Effects of Radiation
13.3.3 Medical Imaging
13.4 Physics and Archaeology
13.5 Application in Earth and Space Sciences
13.5.1 Satellite Orbits
13.5.2 Application in Power Generation

References
 Serway, R. A. and Vuille, C., College Physics, 11th ed., Cengage Learning, Boston, USA.
 Young, Freedman and Lewis Ford, University Physics with Modern Physics.
 Douglas C. Giancoli, Physics for scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics.
 David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Gearl Walker, Fundamentals of Physics.
 Hugh D. Young Sears Zemansky, College Physics 9 th ed.
 Herman Cember and Thomas A. Johnson, Introduction to Health Physics, 4 thed., 2008.
 William R. Hendee and E. Russell Ritenour, Medical Imaging Physics, 4 thed., 2002.
 Tayal D. C., Basic Electronics, 2nd, ed., Himalaya Publishing House Mumbai, 1998.
 Theraja B. L., R. S. Sedha, Principles of Electronic Devices and Circuits, S. Chand and
Company Ltd, New Delihi, 2004.
 M. G. Kivelson and C. T. Russell, Introduction to Space Physics, Cambridge University
Press, 1995.
 Stacy, Frank D., Physics of Earth, 2nd ed., Wiley, 1977.
 https://sites.google.com/site/apphysics1online/home
 https://phys.libretexts.org/

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