Fundamentals of Physics
• DOrSU special guest lecture
Me:
Prof. Dr. Georg Bastian
Email: gb@hsrw.eu
Location: Kleve, Germany
You:
Who are you?
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Concept of learning physics
Written exam (mark)
Lecture
explanations and
presented experiments
Calculation exercise
Laboratory discussions, calculations
practical training and and presentations of
team work examples
Lab report regular presentation of
(points and attestation) home-work
Tutorial
special help with lab
reports and exercises
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Books
Suggestions:
• „Physik für Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure“ (2014), Tipler, 1452 pages, 80 €
download (only at Kleve campus): http://link.springer.com/
• „Physics for Scientists and Engineers“ (2007), Tipler, 1356 pages, 82.84€
• „Gehrtsen Physik“, Meschede (2015), 1052 pages, 64.95 €
• Go and visit our library
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Lectures
• every Monday (101A) at 15:00-16:30
• and Tuesday (101B) at 16:00-17:30
at my webex channel
• https://hsrw.webex.com/meet/georg.bastian
• lecture notes: pdf shared at FB messenger group
• https://www.facebook.com/messages/t/6770204886442497/
• experiments!
• no need to take dictation, but to follow the thoughts!
• add your own comments to the lecture notes
• discuss any physics issue
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Calculation exercises
• every Friday (101A) at 15:00-16:30
• and Thursday (101B) at 16:00-17:30
at my webex channel
• https://hsrw.webex.com/meet/georg.bastian
• exercise sheets as pdf shared at fb messenger
• solve the exercises as homework
• present your results at in the group session
• ask questions
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Lab experiments
• (to be fixed with lecturer Sir Owen)
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Lab rules
The reports will be graded with 0 - 3 points per report.
• 3 points: Overall good report in form, structure, discussion of results
and error analysis
• 2 points: Minor flaws, e.g. incomplete captions, wrongly typed units,
inaccuracies in the discussion
• 1 points: Insufficient reports, but some reasonable ideas at least
• 0 point: Largely incomplete, totally spurious analysis, omission of major
evaluation steps
• In case of fraud, your collected points are reset to zero
• In order to earn the attestation, you need to do each of the
five experiments and collect 10 points in total
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Written exam
• In the end of the semester (date not fixed yet)
• questions similar to the exercises (but cover more
than one chapter)
• no team work!
• usually <30% of all students pass the exam
• >80% of those students joining the exercises and
the lab experiments pass the exam
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Past exam results
#students Passed Failed Activity
47 32 15 At least some
(32%)
78 16 62 None
(79%)
125 48 77 Total
(62%)
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Contents fundamentals of physics
1. Physical units and error 3. Oscillations and waves
analysis 3.1. Oscillations
2. Mechanics 3.2. Mechanical waves
2.1. Kinematics 3.3. Acoustics
2.2. Newton’s law of motion 4. Thermodynamics
2.3. Work and energy 4.1. Fluid dynamics
2.4. Momentum 4.2. Heat and heat transfer
2.5. Rotational movements 5. Electrics and Magnetism
2.6. Statics 5.1. Charges and fields
2.7. Gravitation 5.2. Electrical circuits
2.8. Deformable objects 5.3. AC-currents, magnetic fields
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