PHYS 2005 Classical Physics and Advanced Technologies
Legacy Code 301393
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Assumed Knowledge
Introductory mechanics: Newton’s laws, work, conservation of energy and momentum. Introductory Electrostatics: Electric forces and Coulomb’s law; DC electricity, voltage, current, resistance, Ohm’s law, electric power, circuit laws. Introduction to Magnetic fields: production by magnets & currents, magnetic forces on currents & charges; Induced EMF, Faraday’s law and electrical generators; AC current & voltage, peak & rms values, capacitance and inductance.