Exercises in Pysics 1

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Course objectives

The fundamental and the inseparable part of all physics research is the experiment. The aim of this course is to introduce the students to various techniques of conducting experiments and methods of measuring the physics quantities in the field of mechanics. Additionally, the aim is to enable the development of skills needed to conduct experiments, gather data and master various numerical problems, which are related to measuring and testing physics quantities.

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Physics I

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

- Obtaining basic knowledge and skills needed to conduct experiments
- The knowledge of various methods and techniques of measurement
- Mastering the calculation of errors which occurred during the measurement
- Mastering the evaluation of errors which occurred during the measurement
- The skills of graphic representation of the measured data and the method of writing reports pertaining to the experiment and the results of measuring conducted

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

- Measurement of length, mass and density. (3 hours)
- Numeric and graphic processing of the measurement data. (2 hours)
- Measurements of characteristic quantities: the laws of forces (friction, Hooke´s law /conservation laws (energy, momentum). (3 hours)
- Measurements of characteristic quantities: rotation (moment of inertia, torque) (2)
- Oscillations (spring oscillations, mathematical, physical and torsional pendulum). (2 hours)
- Laws of hydrostatics (Archimedes law, surface tension). (3 hours)
- Compensating exercises
- Final revision test

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