SylabUZ
| Course name | Vibrations and waves |
| Course ID | 13.2-WF-FizP-VW-S17 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Field of study | Physics |
| Education profile | academic |
| Level of studies | First-cycle studies leading to Bachelor's degree |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2020/2021 |
| Semester | 3 |
| ECTS credits to win | 3 |
| Available in specialities | General physics |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | english |
| Author of syllabus |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Lecture | 30 | 2 | - | - | Credit with grade |
Understanding of phenomena and physical processes in nature, related to vibrations and waves. Definitions and determination of physical quantities and parameters of vibration and waves. Mathematical description of vibration and mechanical and electromagnetic waves. Calculation of vibration and wave motion parameters.
Knowledge of physics and mathematics in high school courses. Basic quantities, phenomena and physical laws. Algebraic and geometric methods in physics including vector calculus and the basis of differential and integral calculus.
1) Harmonic vibrations. Examples of harmonic vibrations (mathematical and physical pendulum). Harmonic vibrations free and dampened. Forced vibrations and resonance phenomenon.
2) Classical wave equation. Solutions in the form of harmonic standing waves and running waves.
3) Waves in the elastic media and elements of acoustic. Basic properties of waves (wave equation, wave propagation velocity, formation and propagation of sound waves). Propagation of energy in wave motion. Doppler effect.
4) Electromagnetic vibrations. Electrical alternating current. The LC and RLC circuits. The Maxwell's laws.
5) Electromagnetic waves. Spectrum range (scale) and sources of electromagnetic waves. The energy of electromagnetic waves. The Poynting vector.
6) Interference and diffraction phenomena for mechanical and electromagnetic waves. Comparison of the properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves.
7) Geometric optics. The laws of geometric optics (reflection and refraction of light). Simple optical instruments (lenses, prisms). The limits of the applicability of geometric optics.
8) Wave optics. Polarization of light. Natural and enforced birefringence.
9) Wave properties of light (dispersion, diffraction, and interference).
10) Waves of matter (the De-Broglie hypothesis, atomic structure and standing waves, wave mechanics).
Conventional lecture. Working with a book.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Lecture Examination: Passing a positive (written or oral) examination in the entire material range.
[1] D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Parts 2 and 4, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2001.
[2] F.S. Crawford Jr., Waves: Berkeley Physics course, Vol. 3, McGraw-Hill, 1968.
[1] F.S. Crawford, Waves and Oscillations: Berkeley Physics Course, Vol. 3, McGraw-Hill, 1966.
[2] H.J. Pain, The Physics of Vibrations and Waves, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2005.
Modified by dr hab. Piotr Lubiński, prof. UZ (last modification: 03-06-2020 16:59)
