Maulana AbulKalam AzadUniversity of Technology, West Bengal
(Formerly West Bengal University of Technology)
1" Year Crriculum Structure for [Link] courses in Engineering & Technology
(Applicable from the academic session 2018-2019)
Course Code: BS-PH101/ BS-PH201 Category : Basic Science Courses
Course Title : Physics-l Semester: First/ Second
LLT-P 3-1-0 Credit:4
Pre-Requisites:
Course obịectives :
Basic concepts of mechanics, optics and its applications,electricity. magnetism and qualitative
understanding of concepts of quantum physics and statistical mechanics.
1. Mechanics (7L)
Problems including constraints & friction. Basic ideas of vector calculus and partial
differential equations. Potential energy function F=-grad V, equipotential surfaces and meaning
of gradient. Conservative and non-conservative forces. Conservation laws of energy & momentum.
Non-inertial frames of reference. Harmonic oscillator; Damped harmonic motion forced
oscillations and resonance. Motion of a rigid body in a plane and in 3D. Angular velocity vector.
Moment of inertia.
2. Optics (5L)
Distinction between interference and diffraction, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, Fraunhofer
diffraction at single slit, double slit, and multiple slits ( only the expressions for max;min, & intensity
and qualitative discussion of fringes); diffraction grating(resolution formulac only), characteristics of
diffration grating and its applications.
Polarisation : Introduction, polarisation by reflection, polarisation by double reflecion, scattering of
light, circular and elliptical polarisation,optical activity.
Lasers : Principles and working of laser : population inversion, pumping, various modes, threshold
population inversion with examples.
3. Electromagnetism and Dielectric Magnetic Properties of Materials (8L)
Maxwell's equations. Polarisation, permeability and dielectric constant, polar and non-polar
dielecrics, internal fields in a solid, Clausius- Mossotti equation(expression only), applications of
dielectrics.
Magnetisation , permeability and susceptibility, classificationof magnetic materials, ferromagnetisım,
magnetic domains and hysteresis, applications.
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal
(Formerly West Bengal Universiy of Technology)
1 Year Curriculum Structure for [Link] courses in Engincering & Technology
(Applicable from the academic session 2018-2019)
4. Quantum Mechanics (16L)
Introduction to quantum plhysics. black body radiation, explanation using the photon concept,
Compton effect, de Broglie hypothesis, wave-particle duality. verification of matter waves,
uncertainty principle, Schrodinger wave equation, particle in box, quantum harmonic oscillator,
hydrogen atom.
5. Statistical Mechanics (8L)
Macrostate, Microstate, Density of states, Oualitative treatment of MaxwellBoltzmann, Fermi-Dirac
and Bose-Einstein statistics.
Course outcomes:
Students will be familiar with
Basic concepts of mechanics
Bragg's Law and introduction to the principles of lasers, types of lasers and applications.
Various terms related to properties of materials such as, permeability, polarization,etc.
Some of the basic laws related to quantum mechanics as well as magnetic and dielectric properties of
materials.
Simple quantum mechanics calculations.
Learning Resources:
Introduction to Electrodynamics, David J. Griffiths, Pearson Education India
Learning Private Limited
2. Principles of Physics, 10ed, David Halliday, Robert Resnick Jearl Walker, Wiley
3. Electricity, Magnetism, and Light, Wayne M. Saslow, Academic Press
4. Engineering Mechanics (In SI Units) (SIE), S. Timoshenko, D.H. Young,
J.V. Rao, Sukumar Pati , McGraw Hill Education
[Link] mechanics, Narayan Rana, Pramod Joag, McGraw Hill Education
6. Introduction to Classical Mechanics, R Takwale, P Puranik, McGraw Hill Education
7. Engineering Mechanics, M.K. Harbola , Cengage India
8. An Introduction to Mechanics (SIE), David Kleppner, Robert Kolenkow, McGraw HillEducation
9. Principles of mechanics, John L. Synge and Byron A. Griffith, New York, McGraw-Hill
10. Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics), J. P. Den Hartog, Dover Publications Inc.
1. Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, L.G. Kraige J.L. Meriam, Wiley
12. Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nucleiand Particles,
Robert Eisberg, Robert Resnick, Wiley
13. Introduction toQuantum Mechanics, [Link] David , Pearson Education
14. Modern Quantum Mechanics, J. J. Sakurai, Cambridge University Press
15. Optics, Hecht, Pearson Education
16. Optics, Ghatak, MeGraw HilIEducation India Private Limited
17. Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, Reif,Sarat Book Distributors
18. Statistical Mechanics, Pathria , Elsevier
19. Statistical Physics, [Link] , E.M. Lifshitz, Butterworth-Heinenmann
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