FIZ 211E - Physics III

Course Objectives

1 - Periodic motion
2 - Mechanical and sound waves, doppler effect
3 - Boundary effects
4 - Reflection, refraction and interference

Course Description

Sinusoidal oscillations, definition of simple harmonic motion with complex exponential function, superposition of periodic oscillations, Lissajou curves, free oscillations of physical systems, forced oscillations and resonance, resonance examples, coupled oscillators and normal modes, continuous systems and Fourier analysis, waves, Huygens-Fresnel principle, reflection-refraction-interference.