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3.00 Credits
(Also ENS 250) 3 hours; 3 credits Three-dimensional vector algebra, equilibrium of force systems, static structures. Kinematics and dynamics of a particle; kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies. Work, conservation of energy and momentum. Engineering applications of mechanics. Prerequisites: PHY 120 and 121 or PHY 230 Pre- or corequisites: MTH 233 or MTH 236
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2.00 Credits
(Also ENS 249) 4 laboratory hours; 2 credits Basic instrumentation and precise measurements in engineering applications. Design, construction, testing, and analysis of simple analog systems using the circuit design tools and simulation software. Comparison of measured data to simulated data and reconciliation of discrepancies is emphasized. (Non-liberal arts designation) Prerequisite: PHY 310
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4.00 Credits
(Also ENS 310) 4 hours; 4 credits Basic concepts: systems, temperature, work, and heat. First and second laws of thermodynamics. Entropy, vapor, and gas power systems. Refrigeration and heat pump systems. Nonreacting gas mixtures and psychrometrics. Prerequisite: PHY 160 or PHY 230 Pre- or corequisite: MTH 233 or MTH 236
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits Nuclear force, nuclear structure, applications of special relativity, nuclear reactions, radioactive decay. Prerequisite: PHY 240
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2.00 Credits
4 laboratory hours; 2 credits Experiments in atomic absorption spectroscopy, fluids, mechanics, microwaves, optics, semiconductors, statistical physics, and turbulence. Prerequisite: PHY 309
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4.00 Credits
(Also ENS 316) 4 hours; 4 credits Rectilinear and curvilinear motion of particles and systems of particles. Energy and momentum methods. Kinematics of rigid bodies. Plane and three-dimensional motion of rigid bodies. Forces and accelerations. Conservative forces and conservation laws. Mechanical vibrations. Prerequisites: PHY 250 and CSC 270 or CSC 126 Pre- or corequisite: MTH 330
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits The history of physics from Galileo to Newton. Readings and study in the original literature. Prerequisite: MTH 233 or MTH 236
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4.00 Credits
(Also ENS 350) 4 hours; 4 credits Introduction to momentum, heat, and mass transfer. Introduction to continuous media, control volume formulation of conservation laws, momentum and energy consideration of fluid flow, heat transfer by conduction and radiation, mass diffusion, analogies and breakdown of analogies among momentum, heat, and mass transfer. Prerequisites: ENS 310 and CSC 270 or CSC 126 Pre- or corequisite: MTH 330
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4.00 Credits
(Also ENS 356) 4 hours; 4 credits This course is designed to give the student an understanding of the way in which electromagnetic waves are produced, propagated, scattered, and absorbed. Building on the knowledge obtained from an introductory treatment of electromagnetism, students proceed to a study of the Maxwell equations in differential form, of wave equation, energy transfer, and the behavior of waves at metallic and dielectric surfaces. Production of radiation by dipoles and its absorption. Antennas, wave guides, and other applications. Prerequisites: PHY 160 and CSC 270 Pre- or corequisite: MTH 330
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 4 credits The principle of relativity, the Michelson-Morley experiment, the relativity of simultaneity, the relativity of length and time, the Lorentz transformation, relativistic momentum and energy, relativistic mechanics, relativistic electromagnetism, general relativity. Prerequisite: PHY 240
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