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The main aim of this module is to allow students to develop further skills in solving basic problems in classical mechanics and thermodynamics.
Topics covered include: 1-D and 2-D kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, conservation laws, collisions, centre of mass calculations, thermal equilibrium, temperature, thermal expansion, First law of thermodynamics, heat transfer, kinetic theory.
This module specifically addresses the following topics of the Core of Physics, as defined by Institute of Physics:
- Newton’s laws, conservation laws including rotation
- Newtonian gravitation, Kepler’s laws
- Mechanical properties of matter to include elasticity and thermal expansion
- Free, damped, forced and coupled oscillations to include resonance and normal modes (introductory)
- Temperature scales, work, internal energy and heat capacity
- Kinetic theory of gases and the gas laws to Van der Waals equation
- Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
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