Program : Diploma in Engineering and Technology

Course Code : 1003 Course Title: Applied Physics-I

Semester : 1 Credits: 3

Course Category: Basic Science

Periods per week: 3 (L:3 T:0 P:0) Periods per semester: 45

Course Objectives:

 To provide students with a broad understanding of physical principles of the

universe to help them develop critical thinking and quantitative reasoning skills
 To help the diploma engineers in applying the basic concepts of physics to solve
broad-based engineering problems

Course Prerequisites:

Topic Program/Course Name

Basic knowledge in Physics Secondary School

Course Outcomes

On completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Duration Cognitive
COn Description
(Hours) Level
Apply laws of mechanics in rocket propulsion
CO1 9 Applying
and recoil of gun.
Apply concepts of circular motion and
CO2 9 Applying
rotational motion

Make use the concepts of energy, power, work,

CO3 13 Applying
temperature and friction to solve problems

Use the theorems of fluid dynamics in atomiser

CO4 12 Applying
and airfoil

Series Test 2

1
CO-PO Mapping

Course
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7
Outcomes
CO1 3
CO2 3
CO3 3
CO4 3

3-Strongly mapped, 2-Moderately mapped, 1- Weakly mapped

Course Outline

Module Duration Cognitive

Description
Outcomes (Hours) Level

CO1 Apply laws of mechanics in rocket propulsion and recoil of gun

Discuss various physical quantities

M1.01 1 Understanding
and their units.

Identify types of errors in

M1.02 measurements and apply it to calculate 2 Applying
errors in laboratory experiments.
Differentiate a physical quantity into
Understanding
M1.03 scalar and vector and discuss various 2
methods of vector addition.
Apply Newton’s laws of motion and
law of conservation of linear
M1.04 4 Applying
momentum to describe rocket
propulsion and recoil of gun.

Module 1:
Physical quantities - Fundamental and derived, Units and systems of units (CGS, MKS
and SI units),
Measurements - Errors in measurements- systematic and random errors (qualitative idea
only), absolute error, relative error, percentage error, numerical problems
Scalar and Vector quantities - Representation of vector, Collinear vectors, Coplanar
vectors, equal vectors, unit vectors. Addition and Subtraction of Vectors, Triangle and
Parallelogram law of addition, Resolution of a Vector.
Equations of motion (elementary idea), Newton’s laws of motion (no derivation), Force,
Momentum, Statement and derivation of conservation of linear momentum, its
applications - recoil of gun and rocket propulsion, Impulse and its examples (numerical
problems related to force and momentum).

2
 CO2 Apply concepts of circular motion and rotational motion

Describe basic concepts of circular

M2.01 motion and its application in the case of 4 Applying
banking of roads and railway tracks.

Explain rotational motion and theorems Understanding

M2.02 3
of moment of inertia.
Discuss the conservation of angular
M2.03 momentum and torque in rotational 2 Understanding
motion.
Series Test – I 1

Module 2:
Circular motion, angular displacement, angular velocity, angular acceleration, Relation
between linear and angular velocity, linear acceleration and angular acceleration.
Centripetal acceleration and Centripetal force (qualitative idea only). Application-
banking of roads and railway tracks (numerical problems related to circular motion)
Moment of inertia and its physical significance, radius of gyration for rigid body,
Theorems of parallel and perpendicular axes, Moment of inertia of rod, disc, ring and
sphere (hollow and solid)- (Formulae only)
Definition of angular momentum and torque, Conservation of angular momentum
(quantitative).

Make use the concepts of energy, power, work, temperature and friction
CO3
to solve problems

M3.01 Explain the concept of work and friction. 3 Understanding

Describe conservation of energy and

transformation of energy into various 2 Understanding
M3.02
forms

Discuss the concept of power and apply

4 Applying
M3.03 it to solve engineering problems.

Discuss the concepts of heat and

measurement of temperature using 4 Applying
M3.04
mercury thermometer and pyrometer

3
Module 3:
Definition of work and unit, Work done in moving an object on horizontal plane,
Friction: definition, static friction, kinetic friction, laws of friction, methods of reducing
friction and examples.
Energy and its units, kinetic energy, potential energy with examples. conservation of
energy for freely falling bodies, Various forms of energy, transformation of energy
(mention examples), Power- definition, power and work relationship, calculation of
power (numerical problems related to energy and power).
Concept of heat and temperature, scales of temperature and their relationship (numerical
problems relating various temperature scales), modes of heat transfer (conduction,
convection and radiation with examples), specific heat of solids, measurement of
temperature - Mercury thermometer and Pyrometer.

CO4 Use the theorems of fluid dynamics in atomiser and airfoil

Explain the basic concepts of elasticity and

M4.01 apply it to calculate various elastic modulii 4 Applying
of materials

Discuss properties of fluids such as surface

2 Understanding
M4.02 tension and pressure.

Define the term coefficient of viscosity and

M4.03 2 Understanding
explain Stoke’s law

Apply theorems of fluid dynamics to

M4.04 explain the working of atomiser and air 4 Applying
foil

Series Test – II 1

Module 4:
Elasticity - definition of stress and strain, Hooke’s law, modulii of elasticity (numerical
problems).
Pressure - definition and units, atmospheric pressure, gauge pressure and absolute
pressure.
Surface tension - concept, units, cohesive and adhesive forces, angle of contact, Ascent
Formula (No derivation), mention two applications of surface tension, effect of
temperature and impurity on surface tension.
Viscosity and coefficient of viscosity - Terminal velocity, Stoke’s law. Hydrodynamics:
Fluid motion, stream line and turbulent flow, Reynold’s number (qualitative idea only),
Equation of continuity (numerical problems of equation of continuity), Bernoulli’s
Theorem and its applications (air foil, atomizer).

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Text /Reference:

T/R Book Title / Author

T1 Text Book of Physics for Class XI& XII (Part-I, Part-II); N.C.E.R.T., Delhi
R2 Applied Physics, Vol. I and Vol. II, TTTI Publications, Tata McGraw Hill, Delhi
R3 Concepts of Physics by HC Verma, Vol. I & II, Bharti Bhawan Ltd. New Delhi
R4 Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday/Resnick/Walker, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd
Modern approach to Applied Physics-I and II, AS Vasudeva, Modern
R5
Publishers.