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FY504: Classical Physics (10 ECTS)

STADS: 07008501

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: frandsen@cp3.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
rzehak@cp3.sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 14-16 U143 45
Common I Monday 14-16 U51 46
Common I Monday 14-16 U23A 47
Common I Monday 10-12 U153 49
Common I Monday 12-14 U23A 50
Common I Tuesday 08-10 U23A 36-41
Common I Tuesday 08-10 U147 43
Common I Tuesday 10-12 U143 48
Common I Wednesday 12-14 U142 36-37,39,43-45,47,49
Common I Wednesday 10-12 U30 38
Common I Wednesday 10-12 U72 40
Common I Wednesday 12-14 U11 41
Common I Wednesday 09-11 U90 46
Common I Wednesday 10-12 U154 48
Common I Friday 08-10 U154 44
H1 TE Wednesday 14-16 U142 39
H1 TE Wednesday 14-16 U23A 43
H1 TE Wednesday 12-14 U142 50
H1 TE Thursday 08-10 U147 43
H1 TE Friday 08-10 U141 36
H1 TE Friday 10-12 U11 37-41,45-50
H1 TE Friday 12-14 U155 44
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Prerequisites:
None.

Academic preconditions:
Students taking the course are expected to have knowledge of the content of FY529.

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to introduce the foundations and principles of classical and relativistic physical phenomena. This will enable the students to model and describe single and multiple particle systems, including continuous media on different length scales. Finally, the students will also be trained to collaborate with peers and, in this way, they will strengthen computational skills, which is important in regard to all applications of physics.
 
The course builds on the knowledge acquired in the course FY529 and gives an academic basis for studying the topics in the future physics courses that are part of the degree.
 
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
  • Give knowledge and understanding of the laws of motion including relativistic and non-inertial coordinate systems.
  • Give the competence to apply the basic concepts of Special Relativity to basic and relevant physical problems.
  • Give knowledge and understanding of the physical principles behind Kepler's laws and Rutherford's picture of atomic structure.
  • Apply accelerated coordinate systems, fictitious forces and understand the Foucault pendulum.
  • Give the competence to Use Lagrange and Hamilton formalism to easily write down and solve dynamical systems.
  • Give skills to apply conservation of energy, momentum and angular momentum to rigid bodies.
  • Give skills to apply the dynamical laws controlling fluid motion, with and without friction.
 


Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
  • Apply the mathematical formalism of classical physics, special relativity and fluid mechanics to formulate and solve physical problems. The course theme is thus to apply Newton’s laws of motion under more general circumstances than point mechanics. 
Subject overview
The following main topics are contained in the course: 
  • Special relativity: Michelson’s experiment, the Lorentz transformation, relativistic kinematics and dynamics.
  • Central conservative force fields: Kepler’s laws and the solar system, Rutherford scattering and atomic and subatomic phenomena.
  • Accelerated coordinate frames: Fictive forces, the Foucault pendulum.
  • Lagrangian mechanics: Lagrange and Hamilton equations.
  • Particles and rigid bodies: Energy, momentum, angular momentum; center of gravity and moment of inertia.
  • Continuum physics: Deformation of solids, sound in gases, liquids and solids, ideal and viscous fluids.
 


Literature
  • J.M. Knudsen and P.H. Hjorth: Elements of Newtonian Mechanics, Springer.


Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None.

Assessment and marking:
  1. Mandatory homework assignments. Evaluated by internal marking by the teacher on a pass/fail basis (2 ECTS). (07008522)
  2. Oral exam after first half of the course evaluated by internal marking, Danish 7-mark scale (4 ECTS). (07008512).
  3. Written exam. Evaluated by internal marking and grade according to the Danish 7-mark scale (4 ECTS). (07008502).

The homework assignments a) must be passed. The final grade for the course is the average of the two partial results from b) and c) that are graded. The two exams must be passed together with a minimum of 02. Grade -3 or "absent" must not occur in any of the exams.

A closer description of the exam rules will be posted under 'Course Information' on Blackboard.

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter. The mode of exam at the reexamination may differ from the mode of exam at the ordinary exam.

 


Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 54 hours
Skills training phase: 36 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 36 hours

Educational activities
  • The student will work through two projects in groups.
Educational form
The teaching format is lectures and computational classes (eksaminatorietimer). In the computational classes the students solve problems and are trained in applying the theory taught in the course to explicit physical problems within the course topics. Each week the lectures are followed by computational classes.

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer. However, if international students participate, the teaching language will always be English.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
See fees for single courses.