FYS101 Mechanics

Lectures, 4 hours per week. Exercises and supervised colloquia, 4 hours per week. 3250 hours over 15 weeks equals 17 hours per week. Topics: Kinematics and dynamics, fluid dynamics, waves, relativity, gravity.

The students should be able to understand and use: basic principles in mechanics, understand how basic principles are used to describe complex natural phenomena, conservation laws, understand and use mathematical models in mechanical systems, fluid mechanics and waves, understand the mechanical models of contemporary society, understand that mechanics is used to model natural phenomena and that basic principles in mechanics are necessary for evaluating environmental consequences, be able to descibe different wave phenomena and the movement of light both quantitatively and qualitatively, describe, understand and calculate physical laws in non-accelerated coordinate systems, Newton's law of gravity. The aim of the course is for the students to understand how physics describes both natural and man-made systems and their behaviour. The students should be able to interpret physical laws using mathematical language. The students will learn to use laws and formulas to analyse and calculate complex physical systems.