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PHYS 212 Oscillations, Waves, and Optics Units: 3.00
Fundamentals of free, damped and forced vibrations with applications to various mechanical systems. Coupled oscillations and normal modes. Classical wave equation, standing and travelling waves. Introduction to optics: lenses and mirrors, image formation and optical instruments, optical resolution.
Learning Hours: 120 (24 Lecture, 24 Tutorial, 72 Private Study)
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Describe and model the following: Fundamentals of free, damped, and forced vibrations with applications to various mechanical systems. Coupled oscillations and normal modes. Classical wave equation, standing and travelling waves. Lenses and mirrors, image formation and optical instruments, optical resolution.
- Derive the classical wave equation and be fully conversant with classical wave behavior, such as refraction, diffraction, interference, and the superposition of waves.
- Identify normal modes in coupled oscillators.
- Relate the concepts listed above to real work applications.
- Solve these differential equations to obtain the response of the mechanical (or electrical) system analytically or numerically using modern software packages such as MATLAB, Python, or Mathematica.
- Model image formation in multi-element optical systems.