GN1011: Preparatory Physics I
Syllabus
Module 1: Physics and measurement
Lecture hours: 1 · Tutorial hours: 0 · Lab hours: 0
Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis, Least count, significant figures, Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities .
Module 2: Mechanics
Lecture hours: 5 · Tutorial hours: 3 · Lab hours: 0
Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only), projectiles, Uniform circular motion, relative velocity, Newton's laws of motion; inertial and uniformly accelerated frames of reference, Static and dynamic friction, Conservation of momentum, centre of mass and its motion, impulse, Elastic and inelastic collisions, Mechanical equilibrium of a particle, common forces in mechanics .
Module 3: Work, Energy and Power
Lecture hours: 3 · Tutorial hours: 2 · Lab hours: 0
Kinetic and potential energy, work and power, Conservation of mechanical energy, Work-energy theorem (including variable force), Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions .
Module 4: Systems of particles
Lecture hours: 2 · Tutorial hours: 1 · Lab hours: 0
Rigid body, moment of inertia, Parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, Moment of inertia of uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes .
Module 5: Angular momentum and rotational dynamics
Lecture hours: 3 · Tutorial hours: 2 · Lab hours: 0
Angular momentum, torque, conservation of angular momentum, Dynamics of rigid bodies with fixed axis of rotation, Rolling without slipping (example rings, cylinders and spheres), Equilibrium of rigid bodies .
Module 6: Properties of Bulk Matter
Lecture hours: 3 · Tutorial hours: 2 · Lab hours: 0
Simple harmonic motion, Hooke's law, Young's modulus, Pressure in a fluid, Pascal's law, buoyancy, Surface energy and surface tension, viscosity, Stoke's law, Terminal velocity, streamline flow, equation of continuity, Bernoulli's theorem and its applications .
Module 7: Gravitation
Lecture hours: 2 · Tutorial hours: 1 · Lab hours: 0
Gravitational potential and field, acceleration due to gravity, Motion of planets and satellites in circular orbits, Escape velocity .
Module 8: Waves
Lecture hours: 4 · Tutorial hours: 1 · Lab hours: 0
Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition of waves, Progressive and stationary waves, vibration of strings and air columns, Resonance, beats, Speed of sound in gases, Doppler effect (in sound) .
Module 9: Thermodynamics
Lecture hours: 4 · Tutorial hours: 2 · Lab hours: 0
Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, ideal gas laws, Specific heats (Cv and Cp for monoatomic and diatomic gases), Isothermal and adiabatic processes, equivalence of heat and work, First law of thermodynamics and its applications (only for ideal gases), Entropy and second law of thermodynamics, latent heat, Blackbody radiation: Kirchhoff's law, Wien's displacement law, Stefan's law .
Module 10: Kinetic Theory
Lecture hours: 1 · Tutorial hours: 0 · Lab hours: 0
Equipartition theorem for ideal gas, mean free path .
Study Materials
Textbooks
- NCERT Physics, Class XI, Part 1, NCERT, , ISBN: 9788174505088
- NCERT Physics, Class XI, Part 2, NCERT, , ISBN: 978-8174505668
- Concepts of Physics (Part 1), H. C. Verma, , ISBN: 978-8177091878