Physics

Lesson Plan
Name of the Faculty : Rinki
Discipline : B.TECH (Civil)
Semester : 1st
Subject : Physics, Course Code: BSC 101B
Lesson Plan Duration     :  15 Weeks (from August, 2018 to December, 2018)
Work Load (Lecture/ Practical) per week (in hours) : Lecure-03, Tutorial-01, Practical-03
Week Theory
Lecture Day Topic(including tutorial/assignment/test)
1 I Unit 1: Scalars and Vectors Transformation of scalars and vectors under Rotation transformation
II Forces in Nature; Newton’s laws and its completeness in describing particle motion.
III Continue last topic.
T Revision of previous topics.
2 I Form invariance of Newton’s Second Law
II Solving Newton’s equations of motion in
polar   coordinates
III Continue last topic.
T Test:Forces in Nature; Newton’s laws and its completeness in describing particle motion.
3 I Problems   including   constraints   and   friction
II Extension   to cylindrical and spherical coordinates
III Continue last topic.
T Revision of previous topics./ Assignment:Newton’s equations of motion in polar   coordinates
4 I Unit 2: Potential energy function F = -Grad V, equipotential surfaces and meaning of gradient.
II Conservative and non-conservative  forces
III Continue last topic.
T Revision of previous topics
5 I curl of a force field
II Central  forces;  Conservation  of  Angular Momentum;
III Continue last topic.
T Test :F = -Grad V, equipotential surfaces and meaning of gradient.
6 I Energy equation and energy diagrams
II  Elliptical,   parabolic   and  hyperbolic orbits
III Continue last topic.
T Revision of previous topics./ Assignment:Energy equation and energy diagrams
7 I Kepler problem;Application: Satellite manoeuvres.
II Unit 3: Non-inertial frames of reference Rotating coordinate system
III Five-term acceleration formula-Centripetal and Coriolisaccelerations.
T Revision of previous topics
8 I Applications: Weather systems, Foucault pendulum.
II Unit 4: Simple harmonic Motion Harmonic oscillator
III Damped harmonic motion –over-damped
T Revision of previous topics
9 I critically damped and lightly-damped oscillators;
II Continue last topic.
III Forced oscillations and resonance
T Revision of above topics.
10 I Test: Five-term acceleration formula-Centripetal and Coriolisaccelerations; Damped harmonic motion –over-dampedcritically damped and lightly-damped oscillators.
II Unit 5: Rigid body Definition and motion of a rigid body in the plane;
III Rotation  in  the  plane;
Kinematics  in  a  coordinate  system  rotating  and  translating  in  the  plane
T Revision of above topics.
11 I Angular momentum  about  a  point of  a  rigid body in planar motion;
II Continue last topic.
III Euler’s laws of motion
T Revision of above topics.
12 I independence from Newton’s laws, and their necessity in describing rigid body motion; Examples
II Continue last topic.
III Test:  Rotation  in  the  plane; Euler’s laws of motion.
T Revision class./ Assignment:Angular momentum  about  a  point of  a  rigid body in planar motion; independence from Newton’s laws.
13 I Unit 6: Three Dimensional Rigid body motion Introduction  to  three-dimensional  rigid  body  motion
II distinction from two-dimensional motion in terms of (a) Angular velocity vector, and
its  rate  of  change  and  (b) Moment of  inertia  tensor
III Continue last topic.
T Revision of above topics.
14 I Three-dimensional  motion of  a rigid body wherein all points move in a coplanar manner:
II Continue last topic.
III e.g.Rod executing conical
motion with center  of  mass fixed —only need to show that this motion looks two-dimensional but is three-dimensional
T Revision of above topics./Assignment: Three-dimensional  motion of  a rigid body wherein all points move in a coplanar manner:
15 I Test:three-dimensional  rigid  body  motion
II Two-dimensional formulation fails.
III Test: Rod executing conical
motion with center  of  mass fixed
T Revision of previous topics.