COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICS-III (FLUIDS, WAVES AND THERMODYNAMICS)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Physics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜL GÜLPINAR

Offered to

Physics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to inform students of main principles and applications of vibrations
and waves motions in quantum mechanics which are invariant under Lorentz transformation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning the vibrations and the reasons for its revelation
2   Being able to clasify the kinds of vibrations and to express their main properties
3   Being able to use differential equations to treat vibrations and waves
4   Being able to examine the extinction effects and external force
5   Understanding the concept of resonance and its applications
6   . Being able to treat and arrange equations for coupled oscillators
7   Being able to understand relationships between the vibrations and waves
8   Being able to understand basic properties of various types of waves

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Oscillations and Mechanical Waves
2 The Law of Universal Gravitation
3 Fluid Mechanics
4 Wave Motion
5 Sound Waves
6 Superposition and Standing Waves
7 Superposition and Standing Waves-II
8 Midterm exam
9 Temperature,Thermal expansion and ideal gases
10 Heat and First Law of Thermodynamics
11 The Kinetic Theory of Gases
12 The Kinetic Theory of Gases-II
13 Heat Engines and second law of thermodynamics
14 Heat Engines and second law of thermodynamics-II
15 General Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference:
Serway, A. R. , J.W. Jewett , "Physics for Scientists and Engineers", Thomson Brooks/Cole, 6th Edition
1. French, A. P. (Çev.: Nazım Uçar) (1996). Titreşimler ve Dalgalar, Kültür Eğitim Vakfı Yayınları, Erzurum.
Auxiliary references:
2. Pain, H. J. (2000). The Physics of Vibrations and Waves, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, West Sussex.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question-Answer sessions
3.Discussing
4.Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.30 + MTE2 * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.30 + MTE2 * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm exams and assignments are taken as the achievements of students for the course.
2. Final exam will be added to the achievements of students for the course (to the midterms and assignments), thereby the student's success will be determined.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.
4. Students, who do not participate in Midterm exams and regularly do the assignments, not allowed entering the final exam

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gul.gulpinar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday between 11:00-12:00 a.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparing assignments 8 3 24
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 208

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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