PH230

COLLEGE PHYSICS III

PH230

(4 credit hours)

Spring  | Prerequisites: PH210 and PH211  | Corequisites: PH231

Introduction to hydraulics, calculation of forces inside the fluids; hydraulic system design and applications, mechanical advantages, Bernoulli’s equation, tapering sections, center of gravity and meta-centric heights, buoyancy and specific gravity. Introduction to sound, transverse waves, longitudinal waves and calculations of SHM and wave length, resonance and calculations of the velocity of sound and frequencies of wave trains, ultra and super sonic waves, and Doppler’s principle and applications are all discussed. Term paper required.