COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MECHANICS 2

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZK 1002 MECHANICS 2 COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Physics Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR RABIA TANEL

Offered to

Physics Teacher Education

Course Objective

To introduce fundamental concepts and laws of mechanics which in this course covered. Make students to understand meanings of these concepts and laws, relationships between them. To relate fundamental concepts and laws of mechanics which in this course covered with everyday life examples. To gain ability of problem solving by using what they learned.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describe the main concepts of mechanics which in this course covered.
2   Being able to describe the laws of mechanics which in this course covered.
3   Being able to grasp the relationships between fundamental mechanics concepts which in this course covered.
4   Being able to relate the laws of mechanics which in this course covered with everyday life examples and being able to give samples.
5   Being able to think, to ask and solve a faced problem or difficulty by using the concepts and laws of mechanics which in this course covered
6   Being able to describe the importance of the concepts and laws of mechanics which in this course covered with justification.
7   Being able to give original, new examples on the subjects of mechanics which in this course covered.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Static equilibrium, rotation of a solid object around a fixed axis, angular displacement, velocity and acceleration;
2 Rotation kinematics, rotational motion with constant angular acceleration
3 Calculate of the moment of inertia;
4 Torque, the relationship between torque and angular acceleration, work, power and energy in rotation,
5 Rolling motion of a solid object, vectorial product and torque;
6 Angular momentum of a particle, angular momentum of a rotating solid object,
7 Conservation of angular momentum, gyroscope and topac motion;
8 General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm exam
9 Static equilibrium and elasticity, equilibrium conditions, center of gravity, elasticity and plasticity, examples of static equilibrium solid bodies;
10 Flexibility features of solids;
11 Simple harmonic motion, mass, revision of spring system, energy of simple harmonic oscillator;
12 Pendulum, vibration motion,
13 Comparison of simple harmonic motion with regular circular motion,
14 Damped oscillations, forced oscillations.
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Serway, R.A., Fen ve Mühendislik için Fizik., Cilt I. (Çeviri Editörü: Çolakoğlu, K.), Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1995.
Young ve Freedman, Sears ve Zemansky nin Üniversite Fiziği, Cilt 1, Pearson Education Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2009
Mazur, E., Fizik Ilkeler ve Pratik, Cilt 1, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2016

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussion, question and answer method, problem solving, active learning methods, group study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 7 3 21
Preparation for final exam 7 3 21
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 97

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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