COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus

Department of Physics

COURSE HANDBOOK

1 Course Title Applied Physics for Engineers

2 Course Code PHY 121
3 Credit Hours 4(3, 1)
4 Semester Spring 2020
5 Resource Person Muhammad Kaleem Ullah
6 Supporting Team Members -
7 Contact Hours (Theory) 3 hours per week
8 Contact Hours (Lab) 3 hours per week
9 Office Hours 08:30 to 4:30 AM, Monday-Friday
10 Course Introduction
This module is designed to provide a competent working knowledge of Applied
Physics. This module covers several aspect of electrostatics such as; Coulomb’s Law,
Gauss’s law and its application, electric potential energy. This module also includes
different topics of magnetism, electromagnetism and optics.
11 Learning Objectives
The students will learn the fundamentals of the following topics:
 Understand fundamental laws of electrostatics and magneto statics.
 Understand to use Gauss’s law to calculate electric fields.
 Verify Ohm's law for DC current and voltage, compute resistivity and conductivity.
 Understand how to use Ampere’s and Biot-Savart law to calculate magnetic fields.
 Analyze simple circuits with resistors, capacitors and inductors.
 Apply Faraday’s law in electromagnetic induction.
 Gain understanding of basic theory and equation of electromagnetic waves.

 Get basic knowledge of plane wave propagation. Reflection, refraction, diffraction

and polarization, graphical method for mirrors and lenses.
Course Contents
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This course reviews fundamental laws of electrostatics and magneto statics. Topics to be
covered includes charge, Coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law and its application, electric potential
energy, electric current, resistivity and conductivity, Ohm’s law and its application,
magnetic properties of materials, the magnetic field B, magnetic force on a current, torque
on a current loop, ampere’s and Biot-Savart law to calculate magnetic fields, emf, Faraday’s
law. It also includes different topics of optics.

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Recommended Books:
1. Fundamentals of Physics, by David Halliday, Resnick and Walker/Krane

2. University Physics by Freedman and Young (10th and higher editions)

3. H.D. Young and R.G. Freedman, Physics for Scientists and Engineers

Lecture Schedule
13a
Weeks Topic of Lecture Reading Assignment
Week 1 Introduction to Electrostatics
 Electric charge Text book
 Conductors and insulators
 Coulomb’s law Chapter # 21
 Charge is quantized
 Charge is conserved Pg. # 562-572
Finding the electric Field
 The electric field Chapter # 22
 Electric field lines
 Electric field due to point charge Pg.# 581-583
Week 2 Finding the Electric Field
 Electric field due to an electric dipole Chapter # 22
 The electric field due to a line of charge
 The electric field due to a charged Disk Pg. # 585-594
Finding the Electric Field
 A point charge in an electric field
 A dipole in an electric field
Week 3 Finding the Electric Field
 Flux Chapter # 23
 The flux of a an electric field
 Gauss’ law and Coulomb’s law
 Applying Gauss’ law : cylindrical symmetry Pg. # 606-618
Finding the Electric Field Slides
 Applying Gauss’ law planar symmetry
 Applying Gauss’ law: spherical symmetry
Week 4 Finding the Electric Potential
 Electric potential energy
 Electric potential
 Equipotential surfaces
Finding the Electric Potential
 Calculating the potential from the field
 Potential due to point charge
 Potential due to group of point charges
Week 5 Finding the Electric Potential
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  Potential due to an electric dipole Chapter # 24
 Potential due continuous charge distribution

Finding the Electric Potential Pg. # 637-641

 Calculating the field from the potential
 Electric potential energy of a system of point
charges
 Potential of a charged isolated conductor
Week 6 Ohm’s Law
Chapter # 26
 Electric current
 Current density
 Resistance and resistivity
 Ohm’s law Pg. # 683-693
 A microscopic view of Ohm’s law
 Conductivity
 Magnetic Force Chapter # 28
 What produces a magnetic Field?
 The definition of B Pg. # 736-741
 Hall Effect
Week 7 Magnetic Force
Chapter # 28
 A circulating charge particle
 Cyclotron and synchrotron
 Magnetic force on a current-carrying wire Pg. # 743-750
Magnetic Force
 Torque on a current loop Pg. # 751-754
 The magnetic dipole moment
Week 8 Current- produced Magnetic fields
 Calculating the magnetic Field due to a current Chapter # 29
 Force Between two parallel currents
 Ampere’s law
Current- produced Magnetic Fields Pg. # 765-772
 The Biot-Savart law
 Solenoids & Toroids
 A current carrying coil as a magnetic dipole Pg. # 776-778
Week 9 Inductance
 Faraday’s experiments Chapter # 30
 Faraday‘s law of induction
 Lenz’s law Pg. #. 792-795
Inductance
 Emf
 Induced emf and motional emf Pg. # 798-806
 Induced electric fields
 Inductors and inductance
 Self induction
Week 10 Basic theory and principle of electromagnetic waves

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  The travelling electromagnetic waves:
Qualitatively
 The travelling electromagnetic waves:
Quantitatively
 Energy transport and the poynting vector
Basic theory and principle of electromagnetic waves
 Radiation pressure
 The basic equations of electromagnetism
 Polarization
Week 11 Basic theory and principle of electromagnetic waves
 Reflection and refraction
 Total Internal reflection
 Polarization by reflection
Geometric optics
 Two types of images
 Plane mirrors
Week 12 Geometric optics
 Images from spherical mirrors Chapter # 35
 Spherical refracting surfaces
Optical Interference Pg. # 930-9
 Light as a wave
 Diffraction
 Young’s interference experiment
Week 13 Optical Interference
 Coherence
 Interference in thin films
 Michelson’s interferometer
Optical Diffraction
 Diffraction and the wave theory of light
 Diffraction by a single slit: Locating the
minima
Week 14 Diffraction
 Intensity in single- slit diffraction, qualitatively
 Intensity in single- slit diffraction,
quantitatively
Diffraction
 Diffraction by a double slit
 Diffraction gratings
 X -ray diffraction
Week 15 Presentations
Week 16 Presentations
13b Lab Schedule
Weeks Name of Experiments

Week 1 1. Color coding of resistors, calculating the values and verifying the

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 checking and verification the values with ohm meter

Week 2 2. Verification of Ohm’s Law

Week 3 3. Kirchoff’s Voltage law and voltage dividing rule

Week 4 4. Kirchoff's current law and current dividing rule
Week 5 5. Determination of frequency of AC supply by Meld’s apparatus
Week 6 To determine the value of ‘g’ using compound pendulum
Week 7 y Study of Logic gates with diodes (AND, OR, NOR)

Week 8 Measurement of distance using sextant apparatus

14. Course Assessment

The assessment of this module shall have following breakdown structure

First Session examination 10%

Second Session examination 15%
Quizzes/Assignments
/presentation 25%
Terminal Examination 50%

The minimum pass marks for this course shall be 50%. Students obtaining less than 50%
marks in this course shall be deemed to have failed in the course. The correspondence
between letter grades, credit points, and percentage marks at CIIT shall be as follows:
Grades Letter Grade Credit Points Percentage Marks
A (Excellent) 4.0 90and above
A- 3.7 85-89
B+ 3.3 80-84
B (Good) 3.0 75-79
B- 2.7 70-74
C+ 2.3 65-69
C (Average) 2.0 60-64
C- 1.7 55-59
D (Minimum passing) 1.3 50-54
F (Failing) 0.0 Less than 50
Note: The marks to be assigned to students shall be in whole numbers and are not same as
followed in the annual system of Lancaster University.
Assessment Schedule

3rdweek 1st Quiz

2nd week 1st Assignment
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15. 4th week 2nd Quiz, 2nd Assignment
7th week 3rd Quiz
8th week 3rd Assignment
9th week 4th Quiz, 4th Assignment
12th week 5th Quiz, 5th Assignment
14th week 6th Quiz, 6th Assignment

16. Format of Assignment

Assignments should be formatted according to parameters and details provided in class.
Broadly, the assignment will be assessed on the following parameters: presentation, power
of expression, skills, knowledge and understanding.
17. Text Book 1. Fundamentals of Physics by David Halliday, Resnick
and Walker, 8th edition (2008, John Wiley & Sons).
18. Reference Books 1. University Physics by Freedman and Young (10th and
higher editions) 2008, Pearson.
19. Plagiarism
Plagiarism involves the unacknowledged use of someone else’s work, usually in
coursework, and passing it off as if it were one’s own. Many students who submit
apparently plagiarised work probably do so inadvertently without realising it because of
poorly developed study skills, including note taking, referencing and citations; this is poor
academic practice rather than malpractice. Some students, particularly those from different
cultures and educational systems, find UK academic referencing/acknowledgement systems
and conventions awkward, and proof-reading is not always easy for dyslexic students and
some visually-impaired students. Study skills education within programmes of study should
minimise the number of students submitting poorly referenced work. However, some
students plagiarise deliberately, with the intent to deceive. This intentional malpractice is a
conscious, pre-mediated form of cheating and is regarded as a particularly serious breach of
the core values of academic integrity.

Plagiarism can include the following:

1. collusion, where a piece of work prepared by a group is represented as if it were the

student’s own;
2. commission or use of work by the student which is not his/her own and representing
it as if it were, e.g.:
a. purchase of a paper from a commercial service, including internet sites,
whether pre-written or specially prepared for the student concerned
b. submission of a paper written by another person, either by a fellow student or
a person who is not a member of the university;
3. duplication (of one’s own work) of the same or almost identical work for more than
one module;
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 4. the act of copying or paraphrasing a paper from a source text, whether in
manuscript, printed or electronic form, without appropriate acknowledgement (this
includes quoting directly from another source with a reference but without quotation
marks);
5. submission of another student’s work, whether with or without that student’s
knowledge or consent;
6. Directly quoting from model solutions/answers made available in previous years;
7. cheating in class tests, e.g.
a. when a candidate communicates, or attempts to communicate, with a fellow
candidate or individual who is neither an invigilator or member of staff
b. copies, or attempts to copy from a fellow candidate
c. attempts to introduce or consult during the examination any unauthorised printed
or written material, or electronic calculating, information storage device, mobile
phones or other communication device
d. Personates or allows him or her to be impersonated.
8. Fabrication of results occurs when a student claims to have carried out tests,
experiments or observations that have not taken place or presents results not
supported by the evidence with the object of obtaining an unfair advantage.

These definitions apply to work in whatever format it is presented, including written work,
online submissions, group work and oral presentations.
20. Attendance Policy
Every student must attend 90% of the lectures delivered in this course and 90% of the
practical/laboratory work prescribed for this course. The students falling short of required
percentage of attendance of lectures/practical/laboratory work, etc., shall not be allowed to
appear in the terminal examination of this course and shall be treated as having failed this
course.
In case of illness or other unavoidable cause of absence, the student must communicate as
soon as possible with the instructor, indicating the reason for the absence. Prolonged illness
of three or more consecutive days must have a medical certificate sent to the department.
Excessive absence may result in failure or immediate withdrawal from the course or
programme.
20b Makeup Test, Exams or Quizzes

There will be no makeup tests, exams or quizzes. If you miss a test, exam or quiz, you will
receive zero marks. Exceptions may be made for extenuating circumstances or for medical
reasons documented by “Student Medical Certificate”. In such a case, it is the responsibility
of the student to inform the course instructor immediately.

21. Field Trips/Case Studies/Seminars/Workshop

N/A