Module Identifier | PH02010 | |||||||||||
Module Title | INTRODUCTION TO OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2005/2006 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Mr Barry Henley | |||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 | |||||||||||
Other staff | Mr Barry Henley | |||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | GCSE Mathermatics and Science or equivalent | |||||||||||
Co-Requisite | None | |||||||||||
Mutually Exclusive | Not available to students on 3 year BSc (hons) or 4 year MPhys Schemes | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | |||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | Tutorial. | |||||||||||
Assessment |
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Periodic motion: period and frequency
Simple harmonic motion: velocity, acceleration
Examples of simple harmonic oscillators
Energy of simple harmonic oscillator
Qualitative ideas on damped oscillation, forced oscillation and resonance (if time allows)
Waves:
Definitions of wave parameters
Graphical and mathematical representations of waves
Superposition of waves, standing waves, Doppler effect, beats
Qualitative descriptions of reflection, refraction, dispersion, interference, diffraction and polarisation
Introduction to light waves including Young's two-slit experiment
This module is at CQFW Level 3