Course Overview
This course will extend the student's ability to apply the concepts of physics to Geomatics Technology. Concepts in simple machines, road banking, gyroscopes, waves and their relationship to distance measurement, hydrographic survey, basic electronics and magnetism, and electronic distance measurement will be covered. The lab program will extend first term work and enforce the lecture material.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in PHYS 1151
Credits
4.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply basic concepts of mechanics to the determination of theoretical and actual mechanical advantage of various simple machines.
- Demonstrate an understanding of centripetal force and free body diagramming as they apply to road banking.
- Apply concepts of rotational motion to the understanding of gyroscopes and gyrocompasses.
- Demonstrate how wave concepts apply to distance measurement in both land and water based surveys.
- Analyze basic electric and magnetic forces and apply this understanding to the use of an oscilloscope.
- Verify Ohm's Law for DC current and voltage and use it in the analysis of simple electric circuits.
- Describe the process of electric distance measurement: both lasers and GPS.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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