Phy 130
Wave Motion, Optics, and Sound
Description
Geometrical optics, optical instruments, oscillations, waves, sound, interference, diffraction. Prerequisites: Mathematics 30-1, Mathematics 31, Physics 30. Corequisite: MATH 100 or 113 or 114 or 117 or 134 or 144 or equivalent. Restricted to Engineering students.Learning Outcomes
Know the characteristics of simple harmonic motion and use their relationships to explain and predict behaviour of a systemKnow the three types of damped harmonic motion and be able to use the damping ratio to determine which applies to a system
Explain the resonance behaviour of a driven oscillator including the frequency and phase difference between driver and system
Know how to use a function to explain a sinusoidal wave and relate the wave properties to terms in the function
Apply the principle of linear superposition of waves to understand interference patterns, beats and standing waves
Know the basic laws of reflection and refraction and their application for spherical mirrors and thin lenses
Know how basic optiical instruments are constructed, how to calculate their performance and some aberrations which affect them
Use the wave nature of light to explain and calculate various optical interference effects in thin films
Use optical dispersion to explain phenomena like rainbows and be able to calculate the group velocity of a wave in a medium
Use Huyghens' principle to calculate simple diffraction patterns and use these to measure properties of slits or light
| Lecture | Seminar | Lab | Credits | Total AU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0/1 | 3/2 | 3.75 | 47.25 |
| M % | NS % | CS % | ES % | ED % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
None defined
Undergraduate Program(s)
| 2024/2025 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 1 |
| 2024/2025 - Fall - Pete - Year 1 |
| 2024/2025 - Fall - Mining - Year 1 |
| 2024/2025 - Fall - Enve-coop - Year 1 |
| 2024/2025 - Fall - Enve - Year 1 |
| 2024/2025 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 1 |
| 2024/2025 - Fall - Civil - Year 1 |
| 2023/2024 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 1 |
| 2023/2024 - Fall - Pete - Year 1 |
| 2023/2024 - Fall - Mining - Year 1 |
| 2023/2024 - Fall - Enve-coop - Year 1 |
| 2023/2024 - Fall - Enve - Year 1 |
| 2023/2024 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 1 |
| 2023/2024 - Fall - Civil - Year 1 |
| 2022/2023 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 1 |
| 2022/2023 - Fall - Pete - Year 1 |
| 2022/2023 - Fall - Mining - Year 1 |
| 2022/2023 - Fall - Enve-coop - Year 1 |
| 2022/2023 - Fall - Enve - Year 1 |
| 2022/2023 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 1 |
| 2022/2023 - Fall - Civil - Year 1 |
| 2021/2022 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 1 |
| 2021/2022 - Fall - Pete - Year 1 |
| 2021/2022 - Fall - Mining - Year 1 |
| 2021/2022 - Fall - Enve-coop - Year 1 |
| 2021/2022 - Fall - Enve - Year 1 |
| 2021/2022 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 1 |
| 2021/2022 - Fall - Civil - Year 1 |
| 2020/2021 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 1 |
| 2020/2021 - Fall - Pete - Year 1 |
| 2020/2021 - Fall - Mining - Year 1 |
| 2020/2021 - Fall - Enve-coop - Year 1 |
| 2020/2021 - Fall - Enve - Year 1 |
| 2020/2021 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 1 |
| 2020/2021 - Fall - Civil - Year 1 |
| 2019/2020 - Fall - Pete-coop - Year 1 |
| 2019/2020 - Fall - Pete - Year 1 |
| 2019/2020 - Fall - Mining - Year 1 |
| 2019/2020 - Fall - Enve-coop - Year 1 |
| 2019/2020 - Fall - Enve - Year 1 |
| 2019/2020 - Fall - Civil-coop - Year 1 |
| 2019/2020 - Fall - Civil - Year 1 |
Sections & Respective Instructors
| A01 - 2024/2025 - Fall - Instructor non-P.Eng |
| A01 - 2023/2024 - Fall - Instructor non-P.Eng |
| A01 - 2022/2023 - Fall - Instructor non-P.Eng |
| A01 - 2021/2022 - Fall - Instructor non-P.Eng |
| A01 - 2020/2021 - Fall - Instructor non-P.Eng |
| A01 - 2019/2020 - Fall - Instructor non-P.Eng |