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PHYSICS 2532 - Classical Physics II
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PHYSICS 2532 - Classical Physics II

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4220
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 4 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Pre-Requisite: PHYSICS 1100, PHYSICS 1200, MATHS 2101 or MATHS 2106, MATHS 2102 - Other students may apply to Head of Physics for exemption
Assessment: Tests, workshop presentation, written exam
Syllabus:

Static equilibrium and dynamics, rotating reference frames, Kepler’s Laws for planetary systems, satellites and comets; orbits for interplanetary space travel, scattering in central force fields, trajectories of near-Earth meteorites. Thermodynamics of interacting systems, including the first and second laws of thermodynamics, concepts of equilibrium and entropy, and applications

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Amount
3
0.125
          
  


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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4220 Mon 08/08/2022 Wed 17/08/2022 Fri 16/09/2022 Fri 28/10/2022


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20307 LE01 90 42 25 Jul - 12 Sep Monday 11am - 12pm Napier, G04, Lecture Theatre
26 Jul - 13 Sep Tuesday 3pm - 4pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
29 Jul - 16 Sep Friday 10am - 11am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
11 Aug - 11 Aug Thursday 9am - 10am Darling West, G14, Darling West Lecture Theatre
1 Sep - 1 Sep Thursday 9am - 10am Darling West, G14, Darling West Lecture Theatre
3 Oct - 24 Oct Monday 11am - 12pm Napier, G04, Lecture Theatre
4 Oct - 25 Oct Tuesday 3pm - 4pm Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre
6 Oct - 6 Oct Thursday 9am - 10am Darling West, G14, Darling West Lecture Theatre
7 Oct - 28 Oct Friday 10am - 11am Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre
27 Oct - 27 Oct Thursday 9am - 10am Darling West, G14, Darling West Lecture Theatre
Note: The Thursday 9am lecture slot is used for Level II lecture tests and is shared with Physics IIB, Classical Physics II and Electromagnetism II.
Related Class: Workshop
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
20505 WR01 30 2 2 Aug - 13 Sep Tuesday 11am - 12pm Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
4 Oct - 25 Oct Tuesday 11am - 12pm Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
24979 WR02 30 10 27 Jul - 14 Sep Wednesday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 26 Oct Wednesday 10am - 11am Lower Napier, LG23, Teaching Room