PH25C01 Applied Physics – I L T P C
2 0 2 3
Course Objective(s):
• To impart knowledge and expose the essentials of physics in various engineering
applications.
Properties of Matter: Elasticity, Cantilever, Young’s modulus (non-uniform bending),
Girders: Bridges and buildings, Viscosity: Stokes method, Surface tension: drop weight
method, Thermal expansion, Thermal stress, Bimetallic strips, Expansion joints
Practical: Non-Uniform bending, Young’s modulus of the material, Torsional pendulum,
Rigidity modulus of the wire and moment of inertia of the disc.
Activities: Virtual demonstration of thermal stress.
Oscillations: Simple Harmonic motion, Torsional pendulum, Couple per unit twist,
Damped and Forced Oscillation
Waves: Waves on a stretched string, Energy and Power, standing waves, Ultrasonics,
piezo, electric method, Acoustic grating, Electromagnetic waves: Maxwell equation,
Production of EM waves by dipole antenna, Propagation of EM waves in free space,
wave equation, Cell phone reception
Practical: Melde’s string experiment – Frequency of an electrically vibrating metal tip.
Activities: Virtual demonstration of propagation of EM waves
Quantum Mechanics: Black body radiation, Photoelectric effect, de Broglie hypothesis,
Schrodinger Wave equation, Particle in a box (infinite potential well - three-dimensional
box), Barrier penetration and quantum tunnelling.
Practical: Photo-electric effect, Determination of Planck’s constant.
Activities: Virtual demonstration of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
Applied Optics: Interference: Air wedge, Michelson’s Interferometer, Fiber optics:
Structure of a fiber, Fiber Optic Communication System, Fiber Sensors (Virtual demo),
Displacement, pressure sensor and Temperature sensor, Einstein Co-efficient, Nd:YAG
laser, CO2 laser (construction, functioning and applications), dye laser
Practical: Ruling width of Compact disc using Laser, Thickness of a thin sheet/wire
using Air wedge Method.
Activities: Demonstration of sensors and applications of Lasers
Weightage: Continuous Assessment: 50%, End Semester Examinations: 50%
Assessment Methodology: Quiz (5%), Assignments (20%), Flipped Class (5%),
Practical (30%), Internal Examinations (40%
