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4G curriculum (older)

For students clearing pending subjects of the 4G scheme (7-digit subject codes, e.g. 4341602). Students admitted under the current scheme study the 5G curriculum.

4300005 · Semester 1 · 4G scheme

Physics

Notes and solutions following the Gujarat Technological University (GTU) syllabus for 4300005. Independent material — not issued by the university.

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Syllabus units

Unit 1: Units and Measurements8 h · 13 marks
  • Measurement and units in engineering and science
  • Physical quantities; fundamental and derived quantities
  • Systems of units: CGS, MKS and SI, definition of units (only for information and not to be asked in examination), Interconversion of units MKS to CGS and vice versa, requirements of standard unit
  • Vernier caliper, Micrometer screw gauge
  • Accuracy, precision and error, estimation of errors - absolute error, relative error and percentage error, error propagation, significant figures
Unit 2: Electrostatics8 h · 13 marks
  • Charge, unit of charge, Coulomb's law
  • Electric field, electric field lines and its properties
  • Electric flux, electric potential and potential difference (point charge only)
  • Capacitor and its capacitance. (C = Q/V), Working of the parallel capacitor, formula C = ε₀A/d, types of capacitors: Plane, spherical & cylindrical (Information only)
  • Equivalent capacitance of capacitors in series and in parallel combinations
  • Effect of dielectric material on the capacitance of parallel plate capacitor. (No Derivation)
Unit 3: Heat and Thermometry8 h · 13 marks
  • Heat and Temperature
  • Modes of Heat transfer: Conduction, Convection and Radiation
  • Temperature measurement scales: Kelvin, Celsius and Fahrenheit and interconversion between them
  • Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
  • Types of thermometers (Mercury thermometer, Bimetallic thermometer, Platinum resistance thermometer, Pyrometer) and their uses
  • Coefficient of thermal conductivity and its engineering applications
  • Expansion of solids, coefficient of linear expansion
Unit 4: Wave motion and its applications9 h · 15 marks
  • Waves, wave motion, and types of waves: longitudinal and transverse waves
  • Frequency, periodic time, amplitude, wave length and wave velocity and their relationship
  • Properties of sound and light waves
  • phase, phase difference and various terms of wave equation (y = Asin(ωt + φ)) [NO equations of velocity and acceleration]
  • Superposition of waves, Interference: constructive and destructive interference, condition for stationary interference pattern, beat formation
  • Ultrasonic waves, production of ultrasonic waves – magnetostriction and piezoelectric method, their properties, applications of ultrasonic waves in the field of engineering and medical
Unit 5: Optics and Modern Physics9 h · 16 marks
  • Refraction, refractive index and Snell's law
  • Total internal reflection, critical angle and necessary conditions for total internal reflection
  • Application of total internal reflection in optical fire
  • LASER, characteristics of LASER, differences between LASER and ordinary light
  • Applications of LASER in engineering and medical field
  • Optical fiber and light propagation through optical fiber, acceptance angle and numerical aperture
  • Step index and graded index
  • Applications of optical fiber in engineering and medical
  • Advantages of optical fiber over coaxial cable

About this course

Physics is branch of science mainly deals with interaction of energy and matter and considered as the mother of all engineering disciplines. Diploma engineers (technologists) have to deal with various materials while using/ maintaining machines. More over the basic knowledge of principles of physics helps diploma students to lay foundations of core engineering courses. The laws and principles of physics, formulae and knowledge of physical phenomena and physical properties provides a means of estimating the behavior of things before we design and observe them. This course of physics has been designed as per program requirements to help students to study the relevant core engineering courses. The complicated derivations have been avoided and micro projects are introduced. This course will help the diploma engineers to use/apply the basic concepts and principles of physics solve well designed engineering problems and comprehend different technology-based applications.