Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
3504USST-SEP-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, materials and waves which is required to go on to study for an engineering or technology degree.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Apply their knowledge of force, energy and momentum to analyse the behaviour of simple mechanical systems
2.
Interpret the properties of materials and apply the equations that describe their characteristics.
3.
Illustrate the general properties of longitudinal and transverse waves in different media, and apply the governing equations to simple applications.
4.
Employ the principles of thermodynamics and the thermal properties of a simple system. Derive and apply equations which govern these principles.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The list below provides an indicative list of topics which may be covered in this module:
Essential Knowledge
• Base units
• SI Units
• Prefixes describing size or quantity
• Converting between equivalent units
• Scalar and vector quantities
• Conditions for equilibrium
Force, Energy and Momentum
• Newton’s laws of motion
• Forces and moments
• Motion in a straight line
• Motion of a projectile
• Circular motion
• Simple harmonic motion
• Momentum
• Work, energy and power
Materials
• Properties of solid materials
• Hooke’s law
• Young’s Modulus
• Elasticity, plasticity and fracture
Waves
• Longitudinal and transverse waves
• Progressive and stationary waves
• Refraction and diffraction
• Coherence, interference, superposition and phase
Thermodynamics
• Thermodynamic laws
• Internal energy and enthalpy
• Absolute zero and the Kelvin scale
• Heat transfer mechanisms
• Changes of state
• Heat capacity
• Ideal gasses
• Boyle’s law and Charles’s law
• Molar mass and molecular mass
• Brownian motion
Additional Information:This module looks at the fundamentals of mechanics, materials and waves, using the maths developed during the Foundation Mathematics modules.