PHYS2022-2

Duration

20h Th, 10h Pr

Number of credits

	Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Engineering	3 crédits

Lecturer

Ngoc Duy Nguyen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is divided into 7 chapters, which titles are listed here below.

Chapter 1 : Harmonic motion
Chapter 2 : Driven oscillations and coupled oscillations
Chapter 3 : Traveling waves
Chapter 4 : Stationary waves
Chapter 5 : Electromagnetic waves
Chapter 6 : Wave optics
Chapter 7 : Waves and quanta

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course pursues three objectives :

Describe and explain, in a general context, the wide variety of wave phenomena encountered in most engineering disciplines
Introduce fundamental concepts (principle of superposition, interference, energy, ...) by illustrating them in various fields
Introduce the students to the description of physics on a microscopic scale, emphasizing the complementarity between the corpuscular aspects and the wave aspects

This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.1, I.2, II.1, III.1, III.2, IV.2 of the BSc in engineering.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basics of the mechanics of material point and of rigid solids. Basics of electricity and magnetism.
General mathematics as taught to first-year students of the bachelor degree in engineering.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

In addition to the theoretical concepts that are occasionally illustrated by experimental demonstrations if the lecture room infrastructure allows it, the course will also integrate numerous application examples leading to a selection of case studies to be developed during teaching sessions. Numerical simulations are also offered to the curiosity of the students in order to develop their physical intuition. The understanding of the theoretical concepts will be enhanced by drills and problems.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Further information:

The course is delivered in the first quadrimester accordingly to the schedule provided in the intranet. If the lecture room infrastructure is available, the sessions are recorded via the UniCast system and the podcasts are then made available for later viewing.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus

Further information:

The theoretical course slideshows, as well as the resources associated with the course, are available on the eCampus platform of the course. Videos of experimental demonstrations are also included in the available resources.

The reference textbooks are:

Serway and Jewett, Physics for Scientists and Engineers (9th ed.)
Pain, The Physics of Vibrations and Waves (6th ed.)
French, Vibrations and Waves
Crawford, Waves

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

Further information:

The in-session evaluation consists of a written exam, closed books, focusing on the content covered during the ex cathedra lectures (open questions) and including questions about the theoretical concepts and problems. A form, communicated at least four weeks before the end of the term, will be distributed with the examination questionnaire. The use of a simple, non-graphic and non-programmable calculator is authorized during the examination.

Physics 3 : Waves and quanta