Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Engineering

Learning Methods

Lecture

Workshop

Module Offerings

3108FNDET-JAN-CTY

Aims

The aim of this module is to provide students who may not have studied A-level physics with the prerequisite knowledge regarding mechanics, thermodynamics, materials, fields, electricity and electronics which is required to go on to study for an engineering or technology degree.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Apply knowledge of force, energy and momentum to analyse the behaviour of simple mechanical systems
2.
Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of materials and ideal gases, and apply the equations that describe their characteristics.
3.
Describe simple fields and their applications mathematically.
4.
Use basic techniques to determine the behaviour of electronic components and systems.
5.
Describe mathematically the behaviour of reactive components in DC and AC systems

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Kinematics Projectiles Momentum and collisions Solids and elasticity, plastics and fracture Laws of thermodynamics Gas dynamics Electrostatics, Capacitance, AC circuits, RC circuits, reactance and impedance Magnetic fields, flux density, Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law, Inductance, motors, transformers, solenoids Filters, inductance, LR circuits LRC circuits, resonant frequency Logic gates Boolean algebra, combinational logic
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to provide basic knowledge of mechanics, thermodynamics, materials, fields and electronics for those who have not studied A-level physics to be able to study an engineering or technology degree.
Additional Information:This module looks at the fundamentals of Physics, using the maths developed during the Foundation Mathematics modules.

Assessments

Centralised Exam

Presentation