Physics 1
Course Name Code Regular Semester ECTS Credits Credits Lecture 3
Application 0
Physics 1 0221901 1 6 4 Laboratory (Hour/Week) 2
Course Language Turkish
Compulsory or Elective Compulsory
Equipment -
Instructor Handan Gürbüz
Course Contents Physics and Measurement/ Vectors/ Motion in One Dimension/ Motion in Two Dimensions/ Newton's Laws of Motion/ Circular Motion and Other Application of Newton's Laws/ Work and Kinetic Energy/ Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy; Linear Momentum and Collisions/ Rotation of a Rigid Object About Fixed Axis/ Simple Harmonic Motion/ Newton's Law of Gravity/ Static Equilibrium and Elasticity.
Course Objectives
  1. To introduce the fundamental principles and concepts of physics in detail at freshmen level. To show the necessity and importance of physics for other branches of natural sciences and engineering through applications in real life, and industry and technology.
Course Outcomes
(The knowledge and the skills that the student will gain at the end of the course)
  1. Introduction to the mechanics will help to understand topics that can be explained by Newton's law for the systems of macroscopic world. Through the realisation of technological importance of the fundamental laws for classical mechanics the students will gain skills and knowledge to use these laws in the field of study.
Textbook
  1. Physics I For Scientist and Engineers,5th ed., by Raymond A. Serway - Robert J.Beichner.
Additional References
  1. Fundementals of physics, Halliday-Resnick
  2. Physics I, Frederick J.Keller, W.Edward Gettys, Malcolm J. Skove
Prerequisite Courses -
Prerequisite Subjects -
Homework/Project -
Laboratory
    4-5 experiments will have to be successfully carried out related to the topics of course
Computer Applications -
Additional Practices -
Course Evaluation Criteria
Number Effective Proportion %
Midterm Exams 2 40
Quiz - -
Homework - -
Term Projects - -
Term Papers - -
Laboratory 4 20
Other - -
Final Exam 1 40
Division of Course Credit (%) Basic Sciences 100 %
Basic Engineering and Departmental Core Courses - %
Departmental Core Courses - %
Social Sciences - %

WEEKLY COURSE PLAN
Week Subject
1 Physics andMeasurement: Standards of Length, Mass and Time; The Building Blocks of Matter; Density; Dimensional Analysis; Conversion of Units; Significant Figures.
2 Vectors: Coordinate System; Vector and Scalar Quantities; Some Properties of Vectors; Components of a Vector and Unit Vectors.
3 Motion in One Dimension: Displacement, Velocity and Speed; Acceleration; Constant Acceleration; Free-Fall Acceleration.
4 Motion in Two Dimensions: Two Dimensional Motion and Constant Acceleration; Projectile Motion; Uniform Circular Motion; Relative Velocity and Acceleration.
5 Newton's Laws of Motion: Force; Newton's First Law and Inertial Frames; Mass; Newton's Second Law; Weight and Gravity; Newton's Third Law; Friction.
6 Circular Motion and Other Application Newton's Laws: Newtons Second Law Applied to Uniform Circular Motion; Nonuniform Circular Motion.
7 Work and Kinetic Energy: Work Done by a Constant Force; Scalar Product of Two Vectors; Work Done by a Varying Force; Work- Kinetic Energy Theorem; Power
8 Midterm Exam I
9 Potantial Energy and Concervation of Energy: Potential Energy; Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces; Conservation of Mechanical Energy; Work Done by Non-Concervative Forces; Concervation of All Forms of Energy.
10 Linear Momentum and Colisions: Concervation of Linear Momentum; Impuls and Momentum; Elastic and Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension; Two Dimensional Collisions; The Center of Mass; Motion of a System of Particles.
11 Rotation of a Rigid Object About Fixed Axis: Angular Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration; Rotational Motion; Angular and Linear Variables; Rotational Energy; Moment of Inertia; Torque as a vector Product; Work, Power and Energy in Rotational Motion.
12 Midterm exam II
13 Simple Harmonic Motion: Simple Harmonic Motion; Energy of SHM; Comparing SHM with Circular Motion.
14 Newton's Law of Gravity: Newton's Law of Gravity; Measuring G; Free-Fall and G; Gravitational Field; Gravitational Potential Energy.
15 Equilibrium and Elasticity: Equilibrium, The requirements for equilibrium, The force of gravity, Some examples of static equilibrium, Indeterminate structure, Elasticity.

Prepared by Handan Gürbüz Date 26.01.2004