Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
3512USST-JAN-PAR
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 considerations to analyse the
behaviour of simple mechanical systems.
2.
Demonstrate an understanding of the application of thermodynamics to properties of materials and ideal gases, and use the equations that describe their characteristics.
3.
Describe simple electromagnetic fields and their applications mathematically.
4.
Use basic techniques to determine the behaviour of electrical/electronic components and systems.
5.
Describe mathematically the behaviour of reactive components in DC and AC systems.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
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
Logic gates, Boolean algebra, combinational logic
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
Logic gates, Boolean algebra, combinational logic
Additional Information:
This module looks at the fundamentals of Physics, using the maths developed during the Foundation Mathematics modules.
This module looks at the fundamentals of Physics, using the maths developed during the Foundation Mathematics modules.