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Physics I - Mechanics

• Course name: Physics I - Mechanics
• Course number: XYZ

Course Characteristics

Key concepts of the class

• fundamental concepts of physics for calculating problems of mechanics in \begin{itemize}
• statics,
• dynamics.

What is the purpose of this course?

This course provides the fundamental concepts of physics, in particular focusing on classical mechanics. In general, the aim of this course is: \begin{itemize} \item to study physical phenomena and laws of physics, the limits of their applicability, application of laws in the most important practical applications; to get acquainted with the basic physical quantities, to know their definition, meaning, methods and units of their measurement; to imagine the fundamental physical experiments and their role in the development of science; to know the purpose and principles of the most important physical devices; \item to acquire skills of work with devices and equipment of modern physical laboratory; skills of use of various methods of physical measurements and processing of experimental data; skills of carrying out physical and mathematical modeling, and also application of methods of the physical and mathematical analysis to the decision of concrete natural science and technical problems; \item to understand the logical connections between the sections of the course of physics, to develop the idea that physics is a universal basis for the technical Sciences, and that those physical phenomena and processes that are still limited in use in technology, in the future may be at the center of innovative achievements of engineering. \end{itemize}

Course objectives based on Bloom’s taxonomy

- What should a student remember at the end of the course?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to

• the basic physical phenomena and processes on which the principles of action of objects of professional activity, areas and possibilities of application of physical effects are based;
• fundamental concepts, laws and theories of classical and modern physics, limits of applicability of basic physical models;
• basic physical quantities and constants, their definitions and units of measurement;
• basic physical quantities and constants, their definitions and units of measurement;
• methods of physical research, including methods of modeling physical processes;
• methods for solving physical problems important for technical applications;
• physical bases of measurements, methods of measurement of physical quantities;
• technologies of work with different types of information;

- What should a student be able to understand at the end of the course?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to

• allocate physical content in systems and devices of different physical nature;
• carry out the correct mathematical description of physical phenomena in technological process;
• build and analyze mathematical models of physical phenomena and processes in solving applied problems;
• solve typical problems in the main branches of physics, using methods of mathematical analysis and modeling;
• apply concepts, physical laws and methods of problem solving to perform technical calculations, analysis and solution of practical problems, research in professional activities;
• to use modern physical equipment and devices in solving practical problems, to use the basic techniques of error estimation and experimental data processing;

- What should a student be able to apply at the end of the course?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to

• methods of analysis of physical phenomena in technical devices and systems;
• skills of practical application of the laws of physics, including in the design of products and processes;
• methods of theoretical research of physical phenomena and processes, construction of mathematical and physical models of real systems, solutions of physical problems;
• skills in the use of basic physical devices;
• methods of experimental physical research (planning, staging and processing of experimental data, including the use of standard software packages);
• skills of applying knowledge in the field of physics to study other disciplines.

Course evaluation

Course grade breakdown

Type	Points
Labs/seminar classes	0
Interim performance assessment	30
Exams	70

Grades range

Course grading range

Grade	Points
A	[85, 100]
B	[70, 84]
C	[50, 69]
D	[0, 49]

Resources and reference material

• Fundamentals of Physics (Halliday and Resnick) 10ed, ISBN 978-1-118-23072-5
• Arya A. Introduction to Classical Mechanics, Benjamin Cummings

Course Sections

The main sections of the course and approximate hour distribution between them is as follows:

Section 1

Section title

Kinematics of particles

Topics covered in this section

• Mathematical review (vectors)
• Measurements and One Dimension Motion (Along a Straight Line)
• Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

What forms of evaluation were used to test students’ performance in this section?

Form	Yes/No
Development of individual parts of software product code	0
Homework and group projects	1
Midterm evaluation	1
Testing (written or computer based)	1
Reports	0
Essays	0
Oral polls	0
Discussions	1

Typical questions for ongoing performance evaluation within this section

1. The position of a particle as it moves along a y axis is given by $y=2sin(\pi t/4)$, with t in seconds and y in centimeters. (a) What is the average velocity of the particle between t = 0 and t = 2.0 s? (b) What is the instantaneous velocity of the particle at t= 0, 1.0, and 2.0 s? (c) What is the average acceleration of the particle between t = 0 and t = 2.0 s? (d) What is the instantaneous acceleration of the particle at t = 0, 1.0, and 2.0 s?
2. A woman walks 250 m in the direction 30 $^{\circ }$ east of north, then 175 m directly east. Find (a) the magnitude and (b) the angle of her final displacement from the starting point. (c) Find the distance she walks. (d) Which is greater, that distance or the magnitude of her displacement?
3. Ship A is located 4.0 km north and 2.5 km east of ship B. Ship A has a velocity of 22 km/h toward the south, and ship B has a velocity of 40 km/h in a direction 37$^{\circ }$ north of east. (a) What is the velocity of A relative to B in unit-vector notation with toward the east? (b) Write an expression (in terms of and ) for the position of A relative to B as a function of t, where t=0 when the ships are in the positions described above. (c) At what time is the separation between the ships least? (d) What is that least separation?
4. A baseball is hit at Fenway Park in Boston at a point 0.762 m above home plate with an initial velocity of 33.53 m/s directed 55.0 $^{\circ }$ above the horizontal. The ball is observed to clear the 11.28-m-high wall in left field (known as the “green monster”) 5.00 s after it is hit, at a point just inside the left-field foul line pole. Find (a) the horizontal distance down the left-field foul line from home plate to the wall; (b) the vertical distance by which the ball clears the wall; (c) the horizontal and vertical displacements of the ball with respect to home plate 0.500 s before it clears the wall.

Typical questions for seminar classes (labs) within this section

1. Most important in an investigation of an airplane crash by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is the data stored on the airplane’s flight-data recorder, commonly called the “black box” in spite of its orange coloring and reflective tape.The recorder is engineered to withstand a crash with an average deceleration of magnitude 3400$g$ during a time interval of 6.50 ms. In such a crash, if the recorder and airplane have zero speed at the end of that time interval, what is their speed at the beginning of the interval?
2. Two vectors are given by \textbf{a}=3\textbf{i}+5\textbf{j} and \textbf{b}=2\textbf{i}+4\textbf{j}. Find (a) ${\textbf {a}}\times {\textbf {b}}$ (b) ${\textbf {a}}\cdot {\textbf {b}}$ (c) $({\textbf {a}}+{\textbf {b}})\cdot {\textbf {b}}$ (d) the component of \textbf{a} along the direction of \textbf{b}.
3. A cannon located at sea level fires a ball with initial speed 82 m/s and initial angle 45$^{\circ }$.The ball lands in the water after traveling a horizontal distance 686 m. How much greater would the horizontal distance have been had the cannon been 30 m higher?
4. An elevator without a ceiling is ascending with a constant speed of 10 m/s. A boy on the elevator shoots a ball directly upward, from a height of 2.0 m above the elevator floor, just as the elevator floor is 28 m above the ground.The initial speed of the ball with respect to the elevator is 20 m/s. (a) What maximum height above the ground does the ball reach? (b) How long does the ball take to return to the elevator floor?
5. A football player punts the football so that it will have a “hang time” (time of flight) of 4.5 s and land 46 m away. If the ball leaves the player’s foot 150 cm above the ground, what must be the (a) magnitude and (b) angle (relative to the horizontal) of the ball’s initial velocity?

Test questions for final assessment in this section

1. Two ships are moving parallel to each other in opposite directions with speeds $V_{1}$ and $V_{2}$. One ship shoots at the other. Find the angle of a gun to hit the target at the moment when distant between the ships are closest? The speed of the projectile $V_{0}$ is constant.
2. The velocity vector of a moving body is always parallel to acceleration vector. What is the trajectory of this body?
3. An object moves with non-constant velocity. Can the average velocity over a time interval $(t,t+T)$ be greater than or equal to the maximum instantaneous velocity at this time interval? Prove your answer.
4. A car starts moving with the initial zero velocity and with the acceleration, which depends on the time as Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a(t) = 2(1 – exp(-t/15))} . Find the average velocity of the car over a time interval 10 s to 40 s.
5. A stone thrown at an angle $\alpha =30^{\circ }$ relative to the horizon has the same height H at moments $t_{1}=3$ s and $t_{2}=5$ s after start of his flying. Find the initial stone speed $v_{0}$ and height $H$.
6. A right angle is drawn on a paper. The ruler being always perpendicular to the bisector of this angle moves along this bisector at a speed of 10 cm/s. The ends of the ruler intersect the sides of the drawn angle. What is the velocity of the intersection points moving along the sides of the right angle relative to the paper?