AMA Computer College

College of Engineering
J.P. Laurel St., General Santos City

Course Outline

Course Code:
Course Description: College Physics 2
Course Objective:
The students shall acquire understanding and insights on the following areas:
Rotational Motion
Bodies in Equilibrium: Elasticity and Fracture
Fluids
Vibrations and Waves
Sound
Temperature and Kinetic Theory
Heat
The Laws of Thermodynamics
Electric Charge and Electric Field
Electric Potential and Electric Energy; Capacitance
Electric Currents
DC Circuits
Magnetism
Electromagnetic Induction and Faradays Law; AC Circuits
Electromagnetic Waves
Light: Geometric Optics
The Wave Nature of Light
Optical Instruments
Special Theory of Relativity
Early Quantum Theory and Models of Atom
Quantum Mechanics of Atoms
Molecules and Solids
Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
Elementary Particles
Astrophysics and Cosmology

Course Coverage:
A. Prelim
I. Rotational Motion
1. Angular Quantities
2. Kinematic Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Rotational Motion
3. Rolling Motion
4. Torque
5. Rotational Dynamics; Torque and Rotational Inertia
6. Rotational Kinetic Energy
7. Angular Momentum and Its Conservation
II. Bodies in Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
1. Statics
2. The Conditions for Equilibrium
3. Elasticity; Stress and Strain
4. Fracture
III. Fluids
1. Density and Specific Gravity
2. Pressure in Fluids
3. Atmospheric Pressure and Gauge Pressure
4. Pascals Principle
5. Measurement of Pressure; Gauges and Barometer
6. Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle
7. Fluids in Motion; Flow Rate and the Equation of Continuity
8. Bernoullis Equation
9. Applications of Bernoullis Principle: From Torricelli to Sailboats, Airfoils, and TIA
IV. Vibrations and Waves
1. Simple Harmonic Motion
2. Energy in the Simple Harmonic Oscillator
3. The Period and Sinusoidal Nature of SHM
4. The Simple Pendulum
5. Damped Harmonic Motion
6. Forced Vibrations; Resonance
7. Wave Motion
8. Types of Waves
9. Energy Transported by Waves
10. Reflection and Interference of Waves
11. Standing Waves; Resonance
V. Sound
1. Characteristics of Sound
2. Intensity of Sound: Decibels
3. Sources of Sound
4. Interference of Sound Waves; Beats
5. Doppler Effect
VI. Temperature and Kinetic Theory
1. Atomic Theory of Matter
2. Temperature and Thermometers
3. Thermal Expansion
4. Anomalous Behavior of Water Below 4
O
C
5. Thermal Stresses
6. The Gas Laws and Absolute Temperature
7. The Ideal Gas Law
8. Ideal Gas Law in terms of Molecules
9. Kinetic Theory and the Molecular Interpretation of Temperature
VII. Heat
1. Heat as an Energy Transfer
2. Distinction Between Temperature, Heat, and Internal Energy
3. Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas
4. Specific Heat
5. Calorimetry
6. Latent Heat
7. Heat Transfers

Reference:
Giancoli (1998). Physics: Principles with Applications 5
th
Edition. Pearson Education, Asia, Pte Ltd., Singapore

Grading System:
Quiz - 20%
Case Study/Research/Project - 20%
Class Standing - 10%
Recitation
Assignment
Seatwork
Major Examination - 50%

Time Table for Prelim (Subject for a Change)
Dates Topics Dates Topics
November 25, 2013 December 2, 2013
November 27 December 4
November 29 December 6