Lahore University of Management Sciences

PHY 101 Mechanics

Instructors
Room No.
Office Hours
Email
Telephone
Secretary/TA
TA Office Hours
Course URL (if any)

Fall 2012-13

Abdul Hameed Nayyar and Amer Iqbal (Recitations

SSE-9-229A and ?
3pm 5 pm
Abdul.nayyar@lums.edu.pk
3560 8208
Shama Rashid and Kaneez Amna

Course Basics
Credit Hours
Lecture(s)
Recitation (per week)
Lab (if any ) per week
Tutorial (per week)

Course Distribution
Core
Elective
Open for Student Category
Closed for Student Category

4
Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week
Nbr of Rec (s) Per
Week
Nbr of Session(s) Per
Week
Nbr of Tut(s) Per
Week

3
1

Duration
Duration

Two of 75 min and one of 60 min

60 min

Duration
1

Duration

60 min

SSE Core

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Introduces the principles of classical mechanics. Straight-line kinematics; motion in a plane; relative inertial frames and relative velocity; forces;
particle dynamics with force; work, conservative forces, potential energy and conservation of energy; conservation of momentum, center of mass
and the center of mass reference frame; rigid bodies and rotational dynamics; conservation of angular momentum; central force motions; special
relativity; waves, simple harmonic motion, oscillations, coupled harmonic oscillators

COURSE PREREQUISITE(S)

None

COURSE OBJECTIVES

To explain Newtons laws of motion and its applications

To explain special relativity and its applications
To explain simple harmonic motion, waves and oscillations

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Learning Outcomes

To understand the applications of Newtons laws of motion

To understand the basic assumptions of special relativity and its consequences
To understand simple harmonic motion, waves and oscillations

Grading Breakup and Policy

Assignment(s): 10%
Home Work:
Quiz(s):
Class Participation:
Attendance:
Midterm Examination: 30%
Project:
Final Examination: 40%

Examination Detail

Midterm
Exam

Yes/No: Yes
Combine Separate: Combined
Duration: 3 h
Preferred Date:
Exam Specifications: No books, no notes, no help sheet allowed. Calculators allowed

Final Exam

Yes/No: Yes
Combine Separate: Combined
Duration: 4 h
Exam Specifications: No books, no notes, no help sheet allowed. Calculators allowed

COURSE OVERVIEW
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6

Topics
Calculus
Calculus
Physics and measurements, vectors
Motion in one, two and three dimensions
Newtons laws of motions and applications
Work and energy

Conservation of energy

Universal gravitation

System of particles

10

Collisions, rotation of a rigid body

Recommended
Readings

Objectives/
Application

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11

Dynamics of a rigid body

12

Oscillations

13

Waves

14

Waves

15

Special Relativity

Textbook(s)/Supplementary Readings

Hans C. Ohanian and John T. Markert, Physics for Engineers and Scientists Volume I, WW Norton and Co, 2007 .