POSSIBLE PART- B QUESTIONS FOR ENGINEERING PHYSICS IN SEMESTER EXAMINATION
UNIT -I
1. Derive an expression for the torsional couple per unit angular twist when a cylinder
is twisted.
2. Derive an expression for the period of oscillation of a torsional pendulum. How can it
be used to determine the torsional rigidity of a wire?
3. What is meant by bending moment of a beam? Derive the expression for the
bending moment of a beam.
4. Derive the expression for the depression at the free end of a cantilever due to load.
Describe an experiment to determine the young’s modulus of the cantilever using
this expression.
5. Explain with necessary theory the determination of young’s modulus of elasticity
of the material of the beam supported at its ends and loaded in the middle.
6. How will you determine the young’s modulus of material of a bar by uniform
bending method? Explain briefly the theory behind the determination of young’s
modulus.
UNIT -II
1. Obtain the differential equation of damped harmonic oscillation and discuss the
special cases of oscillatory motion.
2. Discuss the theory of forced harmonic oscillations. How does sharpness of resonance
depend on damping?
3. Derive the expression for the wave equation of a plane progressive wave.
4. Derive an expression for Einstein’s coefficient of spontaneous and stimulated
emissions.
5. With suitable diagram, explain how the laser action is achieved in homo junction and
hetero junction lasers?
6. Define numerical aperture and derive an expression for numerical aperture and
angle of acceptance of fibre in terms of refractive index of the core and cladding.
7. What are the different types of fibre optic sensors? Explain the working of any two
sensors.
8. How optical fibres are classified based on modes, material and refractive index
profile?
UNIT –III
1. Describe Forbe’s method to determine thermal conductivity of metals with
relevant theory and experiment.
2. Describe Lee’s disc method for determining thermal conductivity of bad conductors.
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3. Derive the expression for effective thermal conductivity through compound
media in series and parallel. Also discuss the application of it.
4. What is heat exchanger? Explain in detail about heat exchangers.
5. Describe the principle and working of refrigerator, oven and solar water heater.
6. Write short notes on bimetallic strip and expansion joints
UNIT –IV
1. Derive the expression for Planck’s quantum theory of radiation and deduce Wien’s
displacement law & Rayleigh-Jeans law from Planck’s quantum theory of radiation.
2. What is Compton Effect? Give the theory of Compton effect and show that the
Compton shift
3. Derive Schrodinger’s time independent wave equation.
4. Derive Schrodinger’s time dependent wave equation.
5. Explain the phenomenon of quantum tunnelling with schematic diagram explain the
construction and working of Scanning Tunnelling Microscope.
6. Derive Schrodinger’s wave equation for a particle in a one dimensional box. Solve it
to obtain Eigen function and show that Eigen values are discrete.
UNIT –V
1. Explain the Number of atoms, atomic radius, Co-ordination number and packing
factor for SC, BCC and FCC structures.
2. Explain HCP structure. Show that for an HCP structure c/a = √8 /√3 and hence
calculate packing fraction for HCP structure.
3. Explain diamond cubic structure and obtain its number of atoms per unit cell,
atomic radius, co-ordination number and atomic packing factor.
4. What is meant by crystal defects? Explain the various types of crystal defects with
neat diagram.
5. Explain the two melt growth techniques.
i) Czochralski’s method
ii) Bridgmann technique
6. i) Derive an expression for inter-planar spacing in terms of miller indices
ii) Explain the role of imperfections in plastic deformation.
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