Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
BTB1052017251GENERAL PHYSICSCompulsory114
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To teach the basic concepts and principles of the mechanical branch of the basic physics in detail. To ensure that they are understood together with the practices in the real world and to form the basis for the lessons to be seen later.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1Understanding of the emerging technology depending on the basic science discoveries, particularly in physics
2From physical theories, understanding how nature functions.
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Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Vectors; Newton's laws of motion; motion in one and two dimensions; circular motion and other applications of Newton's laws; work and energy; conservation of energy; potential and kinetic energy concepts; linear momentum and collisions; rigid body rotation; rolling motion; angular momentum; periodic motion (springs and pendulums); Newton's law of universal gravitation; ideal gases; thermodynamic laws; kinetic theory of gases.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1One dimensional motion; the displacement, velocity and speed, instantaneous velocity and speed, acceleration, motion diagrams, moving with constant acceleration in one dimension; Free-Fall
2Two-dimensional motion the displacement, velocity and acceleration vectors, two-dimensional motion with constant acceleration
3Uniform circular motion, tangential and radial acceleration, relative velocity and relative acceleration
4Laws of Motion Force; Newton's First Law and Inertial Frames; Mass; Newton's second law: Mass and Gravity
5Newton's third law, Newton's laws in some applications, friction forces
6Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton's Laws Newton's Second Law Applied to Uniform circular motion
7Work and Kinetic Energy of the work done by a constant force, the changing work of a force, kinetic energy and the work-kinetic energy theorem; Power
8Mid-term exam
9Potential Energy and Energy Conservation Potential Energy, Conservative and nonconservative forces, Conservative forces and potential energy
10Conservation of mechanical energy, conservative forces, the correlation between the potential energy; general, conservation of energy
11Rolling, rolling motion of a rigid body motion and angular momentum, angular momentum conservation
12Harmonic Motion Simple harmonic motion, the mass-spring system, the pendulum, a simple comparison of the harmonic motion of uniform circular motion
13Law of Universal Gravitation Newton's law of universal gravitation, universal gravitation constant measurement, the potential energy of attraction
14Temperature, Thermal expansion and ideal gases
15The laws of thermodynamics and heat, kinetic theory of gases
16End-of-term exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Serway-Beichner. Fen ve Mühendislik İçin Fizik, Çeviri: Kemal Çolakoğlu, Palme Yayıncılık. David Halliday-Robert Resnick. Fiziğin Temelleri, Çeviri: Cengiz Yalçın, Arkadaş Yayıncılık. Giancoli, 2009. Fen Bilimcileri ve Mühendisler için Fizik, Akademi Yayın.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14342
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Homework Problems31030
Individual Study for Mid term Examination144
Individual Study for Final Examination144
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)112
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