PHYS1110 Engineering Physics: Mechanics and Thermodynamics

PHYS1110A	Dr K.M. Cheng
PHYS1110B	Dr H.T.A. Leung
PHYS1110C	Professor Luis Flores Castillo
PHYS1110D	Professor Z.C. Gu
PHYS1110E	Professor P.M. Hui

Please refer to Blackboard (https://blackboard.cuhk.edu.hk/) for more details.

Halliday, R. Resnick, and J. Walker, "Principles of Physics", John Wiley & Sons, 10th edition.

WileyPlus for "Principles of Physics" (https://www.wileyplus.com/WileyCDA/about.html)

Young and Freeman, Sears and Zemansky, "University Physics with Modern Physics", Pearson, 13th Edition, 2012 (or later edition).

Assignments	40%
Final Exam	60%

Chapter 1 Vectors	Vectors and scalars; Addition of Vectors; Projection of Vectors; Components of Vectors; Scaling of Vectors; Products of Vectors.
Chapter 2 Force and Motion	Newtonian Mechanics; Newton's Laws of Motion; Some Particular Forces; Applications of Newton's Laws.
Chapter 3 Kinetic Energy and Work	Kinetic Energy; Work; Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem; Work Done; Power.
Chapter 4 Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy	Potential Energy; Conservation and Nonconservative Forces; Determining Potential Energy Values; Conservation of Mechanical Energy; Reading a Potential Energy Curve; Work Done on a System by an External Force; Conservation of Energy.
Chapter 5 Momentum and Impulse	Linear Momentum; Impulse; Conservation of Linear Momentum; Momentum and Kinetic Energy in Collisions; Systems with Varying Mass: A Rocket.
Chapter 6 Rotation and Moment	The Rotational Variables; Kinetic Energy of Rotation; Moment of Inertia, Torque; Bending Moment; Newton𠏋 Second Law for Rotation; Work and Rotational Kinetic Energy; Rolling as Translation and Rotation Combined; Kinetic Energy of Rolling; The Forces of Rolling; Torque Revisited; Angular Momentum; Rigid Body Rotating About a Fixed Axis; Conservation of Angular Momentum.
Chapter 7 Equilibrium	The Requirements of Equilibrium; The Center of Gravity; Examples of Static Equilibrium, Free-body diagram; Indeterminate Structures; Elasticity.
Chapter 8 Gravitation	Newton's Law of Gravitation; Principle of Superposition; Gravitation Near Earth𠏋 Surface and Inside Earth; Gravitational Potential Energy; Kepler's Laws; Satellites' Orbits and Energy.
Chapter 9 Fluids	Density and Pressure; Fluids at Rest; Measuring Pressure; Pascal's Principle; Archimedes' Principle; Ideal Fluids in Motion; The Equation of Continuity; Bernoulli's Equation.
Chapter 10 Oscillations	Simple Harmonic Motion; an Angular Simple Harmonic Oscillator; Pendulum; Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion; Damped Simple Harmonic Motion; Forced Oscillation and Resonance.
Chapter 11 Wave and Sound	Types of Waves; Transverse and Longitudinal Waves; Wavelength and Frequency; The Speed of Traveling Waves; Wave on a Stretched String; The Wave Equation; The Principle of Superposition for Waves; Interference of Waves; Standing Waves and Resonance. Sound Waves; The Speed of Sound; Travelling Sound Waves; Interference of Sound Waves; Intensity and Sound Level; Musical Sound; Beats; Doppler Effect; Supersonic Speeds and Shock Waves.
Chapter 12 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Mechanisms	Temperature; The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics; Measuring Temperature; Thermal Expansion; Temperature and Heat; The Absorption of Heat by Solids and Liquids; Heat and Work; The First Law of Thermodynamics; Cases Study; Heat Transfer Mechanisms; The Second Law of Thermodynamics; Irreversible Processes and Entropy; Entropy in the Real World; The Efficiencies of Real Engines.