Course Overview
This applied physics course is a continuation of Applied Physics 1. The course covers rotational motion, simple machines, Archimedes’ principle, density, displacement, and buoyancy; Temperature scales and conversion between different scales, Celsius, Kelvin, and Fahrenheit; Heat and heat transfer, conduction, convection and radiation, specific heat, liquid change of state, and the expansion of solids, liquids, and gases; and Compressibility of gases and the general Gas Law applying both Boyle’s and Charles’ Law when determining volume and mass of gases emphasizing applications on board ship.
Prerequisite(s)
- Term 1.
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Calculate angular velocity, acceleration, and torque.
- Calculate the mechanical advantage of a pulley system using one, two, three, and four pulleys.
- Define pressure and its SI unit, the Pascal, and solve problems using Pascal’s principle.
- Discuss the relationship between pressure and depth within a liquid and be able to calculate the pressure at various depths, and understand the difference between gauge and absolute pressure.
- Calculate the density of objects using Archimedes’ principle and be able to calculate the buoyant force on barges and objects using Archimedes’ principle and develop an understanding of displacement and buoyancy.
- Describe common temperature scales, Celsius, Kelvin, and Fahrenheit, and convert temperatures between different scales.
- Define specific heat capacity, and understand phase changes in materials when heat is added or removed, and calculate energy required to change ice to steam and raise the temperature of common materials or liquids using specific heat capacity (c) of material.
- Calculate linear and volume expansion of steel and tanks, and the volume expansion of liquids when ambient air temperature changes.
- Use Boyle’s and Charles’ Laws, the ideal gas equation PV=nRT solving problems determining volume, pressure, and density of gases.
- Read a wet and dry bulb hydrometer and use tables to determine the relative humidity.
Effective as of Winter 2015
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