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10016 Basic Physics
Danish title: Grundlæggende fysik

Type: Å, Language: DDD
Credit points: 5 point
Previous course: C1516
Offered by: Department of Physics (FYS)
No credit points with: C1518/C1516
Recommended semester: 1st - 4th semester
Scope and form: 2 modules with classroom lectures and 2 hours of problem solving per week
Examination: Written exam (13 point scale )
Remarks: For some of the students, the course is part of the Preliminary Course.
Contact person: Erik Both, FYS, Building 307, Tel. +45 4525 3151
Aim: The course is specially designed for students without A-level physics from the high school. It provides an introduction to elementary notions of mechanics with emphasis on modelling by simple applications of vector analysis and calculus.
Contents: Kinematic notions. Newton's laws. Work and energy. Angular momentum and motion of rigid bodies.