Thursday, March 25, 2010

NPTEL Courses :: Basic Courses (Semester I & II) :: Engineering Physics I (Theory) Syllabus

Engineering Physics I (Theory) - Web Course

Faculty Coordinators

Prof. Alika Khare

Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahatii 781039, Assam
Email : alika@iitg.ernet.in
Telephone : (0361) 258 2705 (Office)
(0361) 258 4705, 269 1005 (Residence)

Prof. Pratima Agarwal

Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahatii 781039, Assam
Email :pratima@iitg.ernet.in
Telephone : (0361) 258 2702 (Office)
(0361) 258 4702 (Residence)

Prof. S. Ravi

Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Guwahatii 781039, Assam
Email : sravi@iitg.ernet.in
Telephone : (0361) 258 2707 (Office)
(0361) 258 4707, 2690 972 (Residence)

Detailed Syllabus

S No. Topics/subtopics No. of lectures Module number
1. Error analyses and techniques of data analyses, Decay of current in an RC circuit
2
01
2. Mechanics

Compound pendulum Torsional pendulum, Flywheel and projectile motion
4
02
Coefficient of viscosity of water and spring oscillations
2
03
3. Thermodynamics

Thermal conductivity of a bad and good conductor Calibration of a thermocouple and measurement of unknown temperature, Stefan’s constant
4
04
4. Sound and Oscillations

Velocity of sound and beating phenomena.
2
05
5. Optics

Interference: Determination of wavelength of light by Newton’s ring’s method, Fresnel’s bi prism, Michelson interferometer
3
06
Diffraction and Dispersion: Determination of slit width by single slit method, Spectrometer, Dispersive power of the material of the prism, resolving power of a grating.
4
07
Focal length of combination of lenses, Polarization of light: Malus law Brewster angle
3
08
6. Electricity and Magnetism

Use of Carry foster bridge, Study of LCR circuit with ac current
2
09
Study of electromagnetic induction Study of electromagnetic damping and determination of terminal velocity reached by a magnet falling in a metallic tube.
2
10
Magnetic field along the axis of a coil, Hall effect, measurement of resistivity of a semiconductor
3
11
7.
Semiconductor
Characteristics of p-n Junction, zener diode, transistor and photovoltaic cell
4
12
Total
35
12

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