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General Physics

Курс от Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Начальный≈ 48.1 чАнглийский
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Build a comprehensive foundation in fundamental physics principles that govern the natural world. This course provides essential expertise in classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and optics, offering practical frameworks to analyze and explain diverse physical phenomena through quantitative approaches. Learn to apply Newton's laws to complex scenarios, understand energy and momentum principles, and explore wave mechanics through simple harmonic motion. Master the first and second laws of thermodynamics with real-world applications, from microscopic atomic systems to massive engines. Discover optical phenomena including interference, diffraction, and polarization of electromagnetic waves. Whether you're pursuing engineering, physical sciences, or technical careers requiring analytical problem-solving, this course equips you with the fundamental physics knowledge used by scientists and engineers to understand, predict, and optimize physical systems across all scales of nature.

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PhysicsMechanicsVibrationsExperimentationelectromagneticsGeneral Science and ResearchLogical ReasoningAnalytical SkillsResearchMathematical Theory & AnalysisEngineeringProblem SolvingComputer SciencePhysical ScienceThermal ManagementCritical Thinking and Problem SolvingSoftware DevelopmentScience and ResearchEngineering AnalysisCritical Thinking

Программа курса

10 модулей · 306 учебных материалов

01Newton’s Laws of Motion and their Applications36 материалов

Course Introduction

Course OverviewЧтениеMeet Your Instructor: Dr. PK ThiruvikramanВидеоMeet Your Instructor: Dr. E.S. Kannan ВидеоCourse Intro VideoВидео

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Critical Structure & InformationЧтение

Newton’s Laws of Motion

Revisiting Newton’s Laws of MotionВидеоPractice Quiz: Revisiting Newton’s Laws of MotionЗаданиеNewton’s First Law of MotionВидеоPractice Quiz: Newton’s First Law of MotionЗаданиеNewton’s Second Law of MotionВидеоPractice Quiz: Newton’s Second Law of MotionЗаданиеNewton’s Third Law of MotionВидеоRecommended Reading: Newton’s Laws of MotionЧтениеPractice Quiz: Newton’s Third Law of MotionЗадание

Free Body Diagram

Force as a Vector and Net ForceВидеоPractice Quiz: Force as a Vector and Net ForceЗаданиеNormal Reaction Force and Concept of Tension in a StringВидеоPractice Quiz: Normal Reaction Force and Concept of Tension in a StringЗаданиеStatic and Kinetic FrictionВидеоPractice Quiz: Static and Kinetic FrictionЗаданиеEmbodiment of Newton’s Laws Through Free Body DiagramsВидеоRecommended Reading: Free Body DiagramЧтениеPractice Quiz : Embodiment of Newton’s Laws Through Free Body DiagramsЗадание

Application of Newton’s Laws Through Demonstrative Problems

Two Masses One Pulley SystemВидеоPractice Quiz: Two Masses One Pulley SystemЗаданиеAdvantages of PulleysВидеоPractice Quiz : Advantages of PulleysЗаданиеMore Problem-Solving to Acquaint Oneself with the Concepts Learnt: Part IВидеоPractice Quiz : More Problem-Solving to Acquaint Oneself with the Concepts Learnt: Part IЗаданиеMore Problem-Solving to Acquaint Oneself with the Concepts Learnt: Part IIВидеоRecommended Reading: Application of Newton’s Laws Through Demonstrative ProblemsЧтениеPractice Quiz : More Problem-Solving to Acquaint Oneself with the Concepts Learnt: Part IIЗадание

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Newton’s Laws of Motion and their ApplicationsВидеоExploring Newton's Laws in Everyday ScenariosDIALOGUELet's Practice: Newton’s Laws of Motion and their ApplicationsЗаданиеTest Yourself: Newton’s Laws of Motion and their ApplicationsЗадание
02Conservation Principles: Energy and Momentum35 материалов

Work and Energy

Work Done by an External Force​ВидеоPractice Quiz: Work Done by an External Force​ЗаданиеKinetic EnergyВидеоPractice Quiz: Kinetic EnergyЗаданиеWork Energy TheoremВидеоPractice Quiz: Work Energy TheoremЗаданиеPower as Rate of Doing WorkВидеоRecommended Reading: Work and EnergyЧтениеPractice Quiz: Power as Rate of Doing WorkЗадание

Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

Gravitational Potential EnergyВидеоPractice Quiz: Gravitational Potential EnergyЗаданиеSpring–Mass System: Elastic Potential EnergyВидеоPractice Quiz: Spring–Mass System: Elastic Potential EnergyЗаданиеConservation of Mechanical EnergyВидеоPractice Quiz: Conservation of Mechanical EnergyЗадание

Conservation of Momentum

Impulse and MomentumВидеоPractice Quiz: Impulse and MomentumЗаданиеConservation of Linear MomentumВидеоPractice Quiz: Conservation of Linear MomentumЗаданиеElastic, Inelastic, and Completely Inelastic CollisionsВидеоPractice Quiz: Elastic, Inelastic, and Completely Inelastic CollisionsЗадание

Summary and Assessments

Module Wrap-Up: Conservation Principles: Energy and MomentumВидеоApplying Conservation Laws to Real-World ProblemsDIALOGUELet's Practice: Conservation Principles: Energy and MomentumЗаданиеTest Yourself: Conservation Principles: Energy and MomentumЗадание
03Simple and Damped Harmonic Motion26 материалов

Simple Harmonic Motion

Importance of Harmonic OscillatorsВидеоPractice Quiz: Importance of Harmonic OscillatorsЗаданиеMathematical Definition of Simple Harmonic OscillatorВидеоPractice Quiz: Mathematical Definition of Simple Harmonic OscillatorЗаданиеSolution of the Equation of a Harmonic OscillatorВидеоPractice Quiz: Solution of the Equation of a Harmonic OscillatorЗаданиеDetermination of Constants of IntegrationВидеоPractice Quiz: Determination of Constants of IntegrationЗаданиеAmplitude, Frequency, Phase and Energy of an OscillatorВидеоRecommended Reading: Simple Harmonic MotionЧтениеPractice Quiz: Amplitude, Frequency, Phase and Energy of an OscillatorЗадание

Damped Simple Harmonic Motion

Damping in Real-World OscillatorsВидеоPractice Quiz: Damping in Real-World OscillatorsЗаданиеMathematical Modeling of DampingВидеоPractice Quiz: Mathematical Modeling of DampingЗаданиеSolution of Equation of Damped Harmonic Oscillator ВидеоPractice Quiz: Solution of Equation of Damped Harmonic Oscillator Задание

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Simple and Damped Harmonic MotionВидеоUnderstanding Oscillations in Natural and Engineered SystemsDIALOGUELet's Practice: Simple and Damped Harmonic MotionЗаданиеTest Yourself: Simple and Damped Harmonic MotionЗадание
04First Law of Thermodynamics26 материалов

Work and Heat

Physical Systems and Thermodynamic LawsВидеоPractice Quiz: Physical Systems and Thermodynamic LawsЗаданиеWork, Internal Energy, and Heat Using Cylinder–Piston SystemВидеоPractice Quiz: Work, Internal Energy, and Heat Using Cylinder–Piston SystemЗаданиеFirst Law of Thermodynamics ВидеоPractice Quiz: First Law of Thermodynamics ЗаданиеWork Done at Constant Volume and Constant Pressure ВидеоRecommended Reading: Work and HeatЧтениеPractice Quiz: Work Done at Constant Volume and Constant Pressure Задание

The First Law of Thermodynamics

Specific Heat Capacity ВидеоPractice Quiz: Specific Heat Capacity ЗаданиеWork Done in an Isothermal ProcessВидеоPractice Quiz: Work Done in an Isothermal ProcessЗаданиеWork Done in an Adiabatic ProcessВидеоRecommended Reading: The First Law of ThermodynamicsЧтение

Carnot Cycle

Introduction to Carnot CycleВидеоPractice Quiz: Introduction to Carnot CycleЗаданиеProcesses Occurring in a Carnot CycleВидеоPractice Quiz: Processes Occurring in a Carnot CycleЗаданиеCalculating Work Done in Thermodynamic ProcessesВидеоRecommended Reading: Carnot CycleЧтение

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: First Law of ThermodynamicsВидеоLet's Practice: First Law of ThermodynamicsЗаданиеTest Yourself: First Law of ThermodynamicsЗадание
05Second Law of Thermodynamics23 материалов

Heat Engines and Refrigerators

Classification of Thermodynamic Processes  ВидеоPractice Quiz: Classification of Thermodynamic Processes  ЗаданиеHeat Engine  ВидеоPractice Quiz: Heat Engine  ЗаданиеDifference Between a Heat Engine and Refrigerator ВидеоPractice Quiz: Difference Between a Heat Engine and Refrigerator ЗаданиеSecond Law of Thermodynamics  ВидеоRecommended Reading: Heat Engines and RefrigeratorsЧтениеPractice Quiz: Second Law of Thermodynamics  Задание

Efficiency of the Carnot Engine

Coefficient of Performance of Carnot Cycle ВидеоCarnot’s Refrigerator ВидеоPractice Quiz: Carnot’s Refrigerator ЗаданиеFinding the Efficiency of a Heat Engine ВидеоEntropyВидеоPractice Quiz: Entropy  Задание

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Second Law of ThermodynamicsВидеоLet's Practice: Second Law of ThermodynamicsЗаданиеTest Yourself: Second Law of ThermodynamicsЗадание
06Fundamentals of Wave Propagation34 материалов

Basic Aspects of Propagating Waves

Essence of Wave Motion: Introduction and Local View of Wave Propagation ВидеоPractice Quiz: Essence of Wave Motion: Introduction and Local View of Wave Propagation ЗаданиеCause and Effect: Examples of Wave DisturbanceВидеоRecommended Reading: Essence of Wave Motion, and Cause and EffectЧтениеPractice Quiz: Cause and Effect: Examples of Wave DisturbanceЗаданиеLongitudinal and Transverse Waves: Detailed Overview ВидеоRecommended Reading: Longitudinal and Transverse Waves: Detailed Overview ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Longitudinal and Transverse Waves: Detailed Overview ЗаданиеWave Equation and Its Implication ВидеоRecommended Reading: Wave Equation and Its Implication ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Wave Equation and Its Implication ЗаданиеHuygens Model of Wave Propagation ВидеоRecommended Reading: Huygens Model of Wave Propagation ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Huygens Model of Wave Propagation ЗаданиеReflection, Refraction, and DiffractionВидеоRecommended Reading: Reflection, Refraction, and DiffractionЧтениеPractice Quiz: Reflection, Refraction, and DiffractionЗадание

Waves on a String: Introduction

Sinusoidal Waveforms and Waves on a Long String ВидеоPractice Quiz: Sinusoidal Waveforms and Waves on a Long String ЗаданиеWave Equation and Sinusoidal SolutionВидеоRecommended Reading: Wave Equation and Sinusoidal Solution ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Wave Equation and Sinusoidal Solution ЗаданиеEnergy of a Wave Motion: Tsunami and Earthquake Видео

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Fundamentals of Wave PropagationВидеоLet's Practice: Fundamentals of Wave PropagationЗаданиеTest Yourself: Fundamentals of Wave PropagationЗадание
07Wave Optics: Electromagnetic Waves23 материалов

Light as Electromagnetic Waves

Light Waves and Their Dual NatureВидеоRecommended Reading: ​​Light Waves and Their Dual NatureЧтениеPractice Quiz: Light Waves and Their Dual NatureЗаданиеDual Nature of Light: Detailed InsightВидеоRecommended Reading: Dual Nature of Light: Detailed InsightЧтениеRecommended Reading: Simple Examples to Demonstrate Wave Nature of LightЧтениеRecommended Reading: Simple Examples to Demonstrate Particle Nature of LightЧтениеPractice Quiz: Dual Nature of Light: Detailed InsightЗаданиеScattering of Electromagnetic WavesВидеоPractice Quiz: Scattering of Electromagnetic WavesЗаданиеReflection and Refraction Effect of EM WavesВидеоPractice Quiz: Reflection and Refraction Effect of EM WavesЗаданиеMatter WavesВидеоPractice Quiz: Matter WavesЗаданиеDe Broglie Wavelength of Matter WavesВидеоPractice Quiz: De Broglie Wavelength of Matter WavesЗаданиеEnergy of an Electromagnetic Wave  ВидеоRecommended Reading: Energy of an Electromagnetic Wave  Чтение​Practice Quiz: Energy of an Electromagnetic Wave ЗаданиеRecommended Reading: Light as Electromagnetic WavesЧтение

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Wave Optics: Electromagnetic WavesВидеоLet's Practice: Wave Optics: Electromagnetic WavesЗаданиеTest Yourself: Wave Optics: Electromagnetic WavesЗадание
08Wave Optics: Interference34 материалов

Fundamentals of Interference

Coherent and Incoherent Light SourcesВидеоRecommended Reading: Coherent and Incoherent Light SourcesЧтение​Practice Quiz: Coherent and Incoherent Light SourcesЗаданиеConstructive and Destructive Interference: ConditionsВидеоRecommended Reading: Constructive and Destructive Interference: ConditionsЧтение​Practice Quiz: Constructive and Destructive interference: ConditionsЗаданиеMichelson InterferometerВидеоRecommended Reading: Michelson InterferometerЧтение​Practice Quiz: Michelson InterferometerЗаданиеApplication of Michelson InterferometerВидеоRecommended Reading: Application of Michelson InterferometerЧтение​Practice Quiz: Application of Michelson InterferometerЗаданиеYoung’s Double Slit ExperimentВидео​Practice Quiz: Young’s Double Slit ExperimentЗаданиеMathematical Expression for Bright and Dark Fringes: Simple ExamplesВидеоRecommended Reading: Expression for Bright and Dark FringesЧтение​Practice Quiz: Expression for Bright and Dark FringesЗадание

Application of Interference

Fresnel Biprism and Condition for Bright and Dark FringesВидеоRecommended Reading: Fresnel Biprism, and Condition for Bright and Dark FringesЧтениеPractice Quiz: Fresnel Biprism and Condition for Bright and Dark FringesЗаданиеDetermination of Wavelength of Light Using BiprismВидеоRecommended Reading: Determination of Wavelength of Light Using BiprismЧтениеPractice Quiz: Determination of Wavelength of Light Using BiprismЗадание

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Wave Optics: InterferenceВидеоLet's Practice: Wave Optics: InterferenceЗаданиеTest Yourself: Wave Optics: InterferenceЗадание
09Wave Optics: Diffraction36 материалов

Diffraction Fundamentals

Diffraction Basics: Fresnel’s Assumption ВидеоRecommended Reading: Diffraction Basics: Fresnel’s Assumption ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Diffraction Basics: Fresnel’s Assumption ЗаданиеFresnel and Fraunhofer Diffraction: Basic Idea ВидеоRecommended Reading: Fresnel and Fraunhofer Diffraction: Basic Idea ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Fresnel and Fraunhofer Diffraction: Basic Idea ЗаданиеDiffraction at a Single ApertureВидеоRecommended Reading: Diffraction at a Single ApertureЧтениеPractice Quiz: Diffraction at a Single ApertureЗаданиеDiffraction at a Single Aperture: Expression for Intensity ВидеоRecommended Reading: Diffraction at a Single Aperture: Expression for Intensity ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Diffraction at a Single Aperture: Expression for Intensity ЗаданиеInterference Pattern of Multiple Slits ВидеоRecommended Reading: Interference Pattern of Multiple Slits ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Interference Pattern of Multiple Slits ЗаданиеMathematical Expression for Bright and Dark Fringes ВидеоRecommended Reading: Mathematical Expression for Bright and Dark Fringes ЧтениеRecommended Reading: Diffraction FundamentalsЧтениеPractice Quiz: Mathematical Expression for Bright and Dark Fringes Задание

Application of Diffraction

Diffraction Limit in Optical Instrument and Concept of Resolution ВидеоRecommended Reading: Diffraction Limit in Optical Instrument and Concept of Resolution ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Diffraction Limit in Optical Instrument and Concept of Resolution ЗаданиеX-Ray Diffraction ВидеоRecommended Reading: X-Ray Diffraction ЧтениеPractice Quiz: X-Ray Diffraction Задание

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Wave Optics: DiffractionВидеоExploring Diffraction Applications in Science and TechnologyDIALOGUELet's Practice: Wave Optics: DiffractionЗаданиеTest Yourself: Wave Optics: DiffractionЗадание
10Wave Optics: Polarization33 материалов

Polarization Fundamentals

Introduction: Polarized and Unpolarized Waves ВидеоRecommended Reading: Introduction: Polarized and Unpolarized Waves ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Introduction: Polarized and Unpolarized Waves ЗаданиеTypes of PolarizationВидеоRecommended Reading: Types of PolarizationЧтениеPractice Quiz: Types of PolarizationЗаданиеPolarization by Reflection: Brewster’s Angle ВидеоRecommended Reading: Polarization by Reflection: Brewster’s Angle ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Polarization by Reflection: Brewster’s Angle ЗаданиеPolarization by Refraction: Malus Law ВидеоRecommended Reading: Polarization by Refraction: Malus Law ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Polarization by Refraction: Malus Law ЗаданиеPolaroid Sheet, Polarizer, and Analyzer ВидеоRecommended Reading: Polaroid Sheet, Polarizer, and Analyzer ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Polaroid Sheet, Polarizer, and Analyzer ЗаданиеExperiment to Detect Plane Polarized LightВидеоRecommended Reading: Experiment to Detect Plane Polarized LightЧтениеPractice Quiz: Experiment to Detect Plane Polarized LightЗадание

Application of Polarization

Optical Activity and Its Application ВидеоRecommended Reading: Optical Activity and Its Application ЧтениеPractice Quiz: Optical Activity and Its Application ЗаданиеOptical Rotation and Specific Rotation ВидеоRecommended Reading: Optical Rotation and Specific RotationЧтениеPractice Quiz: Optical Rotation and Specific Rotation Задание

Summary and Assessment

Module Wrap-Up: Wave Optics: PolarizationВидеоLet's Practice: Wave Optics: PolarizationЗаданиеTest Yourself: Wave Optics: PolarizationЗаданиеCourse SummaryЧтение
Conservative Forces and Potential EnergyВидео
Practice Quiz: Conservative Forces and Potential EnergyЗадание
Problems Related to Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy: Part IВидео
Practice Quiz: Problems Related to Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy: Part IЗадание
Problems Related to Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy: Part IIВидео
Recommended Reading: Potential Energy and Conservation of EnergyЧтение
Practice Quiz: Problems Related to Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy: Part IIЗадание
Two Body CollisionsВидео
Recommended Reading: Conservation of MomentumЧтение
Practice Quiz: Two Body CollisionsЗадание
Amplitude and Energy Decay in Damped Harmonic OscillatorВидео
Practice Quiz: Amplitude and Energy Decay in Damped Harmonic OscillatorЗадание
Problems Concerning Damped Harmonic OscillatorВидео
Recommended Reading: Damped Simple Harmonic MotionЧтение
Practice Quiz: Problems Concerning Damped Harmonic OscillatorЗадание
Practice Quiz: Work Done in an Adiabatic ProcessЗадание
Practice Quiz: Calculating Work Done in Thermodynamic ProcessesЗадание
Entropy Change in Reversible and Irreversible ProcessesВидео
Practice Quiz: Entropy Change in Reversible and Irreversible ProcessesЗадание
Second Law and Change in Entropy  Видео
Calculating Change in Entropy   Видео
Recommended Reading: Efficiency of the Carnot EngineЧтение
Recommended Reading: Energy of a Wave Motion: Tsunami and Earthquake Чтение
Practice Quiz: Energy of a Wave Motion: Tsunami and Earthquake Задание
Standing Waves and Normal Mode Vibration Видео
Recommended Reading: Standing Waves and Normal Mode Vibration Чтение
Practice Quiz: Standing Waves and Normal Mode Vibration Задание
Superposition of Normal Waves and Fourier Theorem Видео
Recommended Reading: Superposition of Normal Waves and Fourier Theorem Чтение
Practice Quiz: Superposition of Normal Waves and Fourier Theorem Задание
Determination of Thickness of Film Using Interference EffectВидео
Recommended Reading: Determination of Thickness of Film Using Interference EffectЧтение
Practice Quiz: Determination of Thickness of Film Using Interference EffectЗадание
Thin Film Interference Due To Reflected LightВидео
Practice Quiz: Thin Film Interference Due to Reflected LightЗадание
Thin Film Interference Due To Transmitted LightВидео
Practice Quiz: Thin Film Interference Due to Transmitted LightЗадание
Recommended Reading: Wave Optics: InterferenceЧтение
Bragg’s Law and Its Implication Видео
Recommended Reading: Bragg’s Law and Its ImplicationЧтение
Practice Quiz: Bragg’s Law and Its Implication Задание
Characterization of Material Using X-Ray Diffraction Видео
Recommended Reading: Characterization of Material Using X-Ray Diffraction Чтение
Recommended Reading: Application of DiffractionЧтение
Practice Quiz: Characterization of Material Using X-Ray Diffraction Задание
Production of Circularly and Elliptically Polarized Light Видео
Practice Quiz: Production of Circularly and Elliptically Polarized Light Задание
Detection of Circularly and Elliptically Polarized Light Видео
Recommended Reading: Production of Circularly and Elliptically Polarized Light Чтение
Practice Quiz: Detection of Circularly and Elliptically Polarized Light Задание