5 ECTS credits
140 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1018644AER for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Department
Industriële ingenieurswetenschappen
Educational team
Jan Helsen
Mark Runacres (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
36 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content
Lectures:
 
This course reviews the basic principles of classical physics, with an emphasis on vibrations and waves. Starting from physical models and supported by decriptions of experiments, physical laws are derived. The course is made up of the following parts:
  • Hydrostatics and hydrodynamics
  • Waves and sound
  • Optics:
    • reflection
    • refraction
    • geometric optics
    • the electromagnetic spectrum
    • interference
    • diffraction
    • polarisation
Practical exercises:
During the practical exercise sessions students solve problems under supervision. The selected problems are a direct application of knowledge and concepts gained in the lectures.
Course material
Handbook (Required) : Natuurkunde: deel 1. With Mast Phys Pack, Mechanica en thermodynamica, D. C. Giancoli, 4de, Pearson Education Benelux, 9781800067653, 2023
Handbook (Required) : Natuurkunde: deel 2 + masteringphysics, Elektriciteit, magnetisme, optica en moderne fysica, D. C. Giancoli, 4de, Pearson Education Benelux, 9789043038720, 2023
Handbook (Recommended) : Schaum's Outline of College Physics, E. Hecht, F. Bueche, 11de, McGraw-Hill, 9781259587399, 2017
Handbook (Recommended) : Physics for Scientists and Engineers, A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics, R.D. Knight, 4de, Addison Wesley, 9781292438221 , 2023
Digital course material (Required) : Slides hoorcollege, M. Runacres, Canvas
Additional info
Description tutoring: after class, by appointment or via e-mail. During weekly afternoon tutoring session (dates to be announced ad valvas at the beginning of the academic year).
Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes

  • BaLO_1 To possess in-depth, application-oriented knowledge, understanding and practical skills related to mathematics and science, directed towards engineering applications.
  • BaLO_2 To possess application-oriented knowledge, understanding and skills about engineering sciences and engineering techniques.
  • BaLO_3 To solve practical engineering problems from an understanding of the basic theory and from an understanding of basic methods for the schematisation and modelling of processes or systems.
  • BaLO_9 To demonstrate an engineering attitude: attention to planning, to technical, economic and societal factors as well as managerial implications, assessment of the risks and feasibility of the proposed approach or solution, being result-driven and achieving effective solutions, innovative thinking.
  • BaLO_10 To correctly handle the scientific and discipline-specific terminology in language relevant to the programme.
  • BaLO_13 To act in an ethical and socially responsible manner with attention to technical, economic, human and sustainability aspects.
     

 

Objectives

D1: knows the units of all relevant quantities and applies them consistently (BaLO 1)
D2: is familiar with the basic concepts of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics and can apply these principles to simple problems (BaLO 1, 2, 3)
D3: can formulate the equation of motion of a simple harmonic oscillator and discuss its solution for forced and unforced oscillations, with and without damping, including a discussion of resonance (BaLO 1, 2, 3)
D4: is familiar with the energetic aspects of vibrations and waves, including sound waves and electromagnetic waves (BaLO 1, 2, 3)
D5: knows the phenomena of reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction and polarisation and can discuss these quantitatively (BaLO 1, 3)
D6: knows the mathematical description of waves, including sound waves (BaLO 1, 3)
D7: can solve lens and mirror problems and represent the problem in an informative ray diagram (BaLO 1, 3)
D8: knows the Doppler effect, can derive the correct expressions to connect the frequencies for stationary/moving observers and sources, and knows a number of applications of the Doppler effect (BaLO 1, 3)
D9: knows how the strength of sound waves is described (BaLO 1)
 
AD1: reasons and acts in a structured and systematic manner (BaLO 9)
AD2: communicates in understandable and well-structured Dutch (BaLO 10, 11)
AD3: develops a professional attitude (BaLO 9, 10, 13)

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Other Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Exam time 1st session:
    Lectures and practical exercises: written exam: 100% (not transferred to the 2nd session)
    Exam time 2nd session:
    Lectures and practical exercises: written exam: 100%

Additional info regarding evaluation
An illegitimate absence of more than 25 % for the practical exercise sessions leads to a refusal to participate in the practical exercises exam. This leads to an absent quotation for the related exam. The sanctions taken in the first exam session are transferred to the second exam session.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: Startplan (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: Electromechanical Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: Electronics-ICT Engineering (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: verkort traject elektronica-ICT na vooropleiding prof. bachelor toegepaste informatica (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering Technology: verkort traject elektronica-ICT na vooropleiding prof. bachelor multimedia & communicatietechnologie. (only offered in Dutch)