APSC 111 Physics I Units: 3.30
This course is an introduction to Newtonian mechanics in the context of engineering applications. Lecture topics are: vectors, motion of a particle, particle dynamics, work and energy, statics and dynamics of rigid bodies, conservation of energy, momentum, and collisions.
(Lec: 2.8, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
(Lec: 2.8, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
Offering Term: F
CEAB Units:
Mathematics 0
Natural Sciences 40
Complementary Studies 0
Engineering Science 0
Engineering Design 0
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Utilize and apply vector quantities in components or magnitude and direction, including scalar and vector products.
- Apply first principles of kinematics to determine the motion in 1, 2 and 3 dimensions of pointlike objectsApply the concept of relative velocity, and vector addition of motion.
- Calculate and describe behaviour of rotating objects in a plane through rotational kinematics, including the concept of centripetal acceleration.
- Determine the resultant acceleration due to forces using free body diagrams, and work with specific forces such as springs, gravity and friction.
- Compute work done by a force, and describe the consequent changes in kinetic energyIdentify conservative forces and their effect on potential energy, and apply first principles to solve dynamics problems using conservation of energy principles.
- Describe the concepts linear impulse and linear momentum, and conservation of linear momentum, and apply these principles to calculate the motion of (pointlike) objects undergoing elastic and inelastic collisions.
- Determine the centre of mass of a system, for both discrete points and distributed objects.
- Analyze the dynamics of rigid bodies rotating in a plane referencing the concepts of torque and rotational kinetic energyCalculate the moment of inertia of rigid bodies, and translate it using the parallel axis theorem.
- Describe and calculate mechanical equilibrium of a system using first principles (sum of forces and torques) to solve two-dimensional statics problems.