Syllabus for General Physics II
PHYS1026
Current Lecturer
Prof. Yan FENG Email: fengyan@suda.edu.cn
Course Time
2nd Semester
Lectures: 4 sessions/week, 50min /session. 18 weeks.
Course Description
General Physics II is a general introduction to electricity and magnetism, as well as optics at the first-year university level, after General Physics I was taught.
The main goal of this course is: (1) to gain a command of basic electricity & magnetism theory, (2) to develop mathematical and problem solving skills.
After taking this course, students should be able to: (1) apply various laws (Coulomb’s, Faraday’s, Ohm’s, Lenz’s, etc.) to solve problems in electromagnetism; (2) calculate current, potential, resistance, power for simple DC and AC circuits; (3) describe simple electrical components (resistors, capacitors, inductors) and measurement devices (ammeters, ohmmeters); (4) describe the relationship between electricity & magnetism and understand the Maxwell’s equations; (5) understand the principles of geometrical optics and physical optics; (6) describe basic optics concepts of interference and diffraction.
Prerequisites
General Physics I (PHYS1025), Calculus (00071012)
Textbooks
1. H. D Young and R. A. Freedman, Sear and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics, 12th Edition, Pearson Education, 2008 (chapter 21 - 36).
Main Contents
Week | Teaching Contents | Sessions | Objectives |
1 | Electrical charge & electric field | 4 | Course Introduction, Coulomb’s law, electric-field calculation, electrical dipoles |
2 | Gauss’s law | 4 | Electric flux, Gauss’s law & its applications |
3 | Electric potential | 4 | Electric potential & the calculations, potential gradient |
4 | Capacitance & dielectrics | 4 | Capacitors & capacitance, capacitors in series & parallel, energy storage in capacitors, dielectrics |
5 | Current & resistance | 4 | Current, resistivity, resistance, electromotive force, energy and power in circuit |
6 | DC circuit | 4 | Resistors in series and parallel, Kirchhoff’s rule, electrical measuring instruments, RC circuits |
7 | Magnetic field & magnetic forces | 4 | Magnetic field, field line & magnetic flux, motion of charged particle in magnetic field, torque on a current loop |
8 | magnetic field & Electromagnetic induction part 1 | 4 | Various magnetic field sources, Ampere’s law & its application, Faraday’s & Lenz’s laws, motional electromotive force, |
9 | Electromagnetic induction part 2 & Mid-term exam | 4 | Induced electric fields, displacement current. Exam (without review in class) |
10 | Inductance | 4 | Mutual & self inductance, inductors, RL circuits, LC circuits, LRC series circuits |
11 | AC | 4 | Phasor & AC, resistance and reactance, LRC circuits, power in AC circuits, resonance in AC circuits, transformers |
12 | Electromagnetic waves | 4 | Maxwell’s equation & electromagnetic waves, plane electromagnetic waves & light speed, Energy & momentum in electromagnetic waves |
13 | Light propagation | 4 | Light, reflection & refraction, total internal reflection, polarization, Huygen’s principle |
14 | Geometric optics & optical instruments | 4 | Reflection & refraction at plane & spherical surfaces, thin lens, cameras, eyes, magnifier, microscopes & telescopes |
15 | Interference | 4 | Interference & coherent sources, two-source interference & its intensity, interference in thin films, the Michelson interferometer |
16 | Diffraction | 4 | Fresnel & Fraunhofer diffraction, diffraction from a single slit & its intensity, multiple slits, diffraction grating |
17 | Final review | 4 | Final review all previous lecture materials |
18 | Final exam | 4 | Final exam |
Marking Scheme:
Homework | Quiz | Midterm | Final exam |
15% | 15% | 20% | 50% |
