Syllabus |
Greek alphabet |
Synopsis |
The SI Unit System |
Lecture 1
Electric Charge, Current and Potential Difference
Microscopic picture of current in a wire
Conductors, Conductance and Conductivity
Resistors, Resistance and Resistivity
Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors
Temperature coefficient of resistivity
Heating effect of current |
Current, Potential and Resistance |
Lecture 2
Circuit Elements and Electric Circuits
Electromotive force
Resistors connected in series
Resistors connected in parallel
Series/parallel substitution of resistors in circuits
Internal Resistance of an electric cell
Maximum power transfer theorem |
Electrical Circuits |
Lecture 3
Simple circuits are reduced to a single equivalent resistor by series and parallel substitution,
Kirchhoff's rules for finding currents and potential differences in networks are demonstrated.
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Simple Electrical Circuits and Networks |
Lecture 4
the capacitance of two conducting surfaces
the effect of dielectrics (insulators) between the capacitor plates
the series and parallel combination of capacitors
the energy stored in a capacitor |
Capacitors |
Lecture 5
Solids, Fluids, Plastics & Plasmas
Two techniques of calculation with fluids
Four concepts of fluid flow
Streamlines
Equation of continuity
Bernoulli's equation
Fluid statics |
Fluids: Flowing and Static |
Lecture 6
Archimedes' achievements & death
Hiero's crown
Archimedes' principle
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Archimedes |
Lecture 7
Planar Laminar flow
Laminar flow of a fluid in a tube
Newton's law of Viscosity
Viscosity at the Atomic Level
Viscosity and Temperature
Viscosity and Time
Terminal Velocity
Stokes' Law and Terminal Speeds
Poiseuille's Law and Laminar flow in a tube
Reynold's number and Turbulent flow |
Viscosity |
Lecture 8
surface energy is defined,
the effects of temperature and contaminants on the surface is discussed,
methods of measuring surface energy in solids & surface tension in liquids,
the angle of contact between liquids and solids is defined,
capillary action is seen as a surface tension effect,
size of bubbles is seen as a balance between excess pressure & surface tension,
Laplace's law, for cylinders of fluid. |
Surface Tension and Surface Energy |
Lecture 9
Negative Potential Energy
Potential Energy and Force
The Lenard-Jones Potential Energy Function
Equilibrium Separation
Maximum Binding Energy
The Electron Volt
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Interatomic Potential Function |
Lecture 10
The Classification of Chemical Bonds
The Periodic Table with Electron Configurations
Ionic Bonds
Covalent Bonds
Metallic Bonds
Electric Dipoles
Hydrogen Bonds
Van der Waals Bonds |
Types of Chemical Bonds |
Lecture 11
Crystal Structures
Body Centred Cubic Unit Cell
Face Centred Cubic Unit Cell
Hexagonal Close Packed Unit Cell
Diamond structure Unit Cell
Simple Cubic structure
Packing Density in the Unit Cell (FCC and BCC)
Ionic, Covalent and Metallic Crystals
Intermediate Bond types
Amorphous Solids
Polymers |
Microstructures: crystalline and amorphous |
Lecture 12
Brittle solids and the critical distance for breaking a bond are introduced,
the homogeneous separation and microcrack models of brittle failure are compared,
Plastic solids are introduced,
the homogeneous shear and dislocation models of plastic failure are compared. |
Brittle and Plastic Failure |
Lecture 13
Oscillations and Vibrations
Simple Harmonic Motion
Damped Simple Harmonic Motion
Forced Oscillations
Vibrations inside built structures
Vibrations coming from outside built structures
Positive and Negative Damping |
Oscillations and Waves |
Lecture 14
Wave motion as an energy transfer
Types of waves
Basic Basic Wave Parameters
Representing Moving Shapes
Transverse Sinusoidal Waves
The Intensity, Impedance and Pressure Amplitude of a Wave
Intensity Level and decibel scale
Hearing Loss
The Fletcher-Munson Curves and the Phon
Pitch |
Waves, Wave Equation and Intensity |
Poiseuille's equation |
Derivation |