KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Physics 101 - General Physics I

Fall 2023 (Term 231)

Course Description:

The topics covered include particle kinematics and dynamics; conservation of energy and linear
momentum; rotational kinematics; rigid body dynamics; conservation of angular momentum;
Gravitation; simple harmonic motion; the statics and dynamics of fluids.

Textbook:
"Principles of Physics", by Halliday, Resnick and Walker, 10th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
(2014).

Teaching Method:
The course material will be presented in lectures (3 hrs. per week). Problem solving techniques will be
shown in recitations (1 hr. per week). The understanding of concepts learned in the lectures will be
strengthened by laboratory work (3 hrs. per week). All classes (lectures and recitation) will start
from the first week. Labs will start from week #2.

Course Learning Outcomes: On successfully completing the course the students can:

1. Solve kinematic problems involving motion of a point particle in one, two, and three dimensions
including vector operations with an overall average of 50% in exams.
2. Formulate and apply Newton’s laws that govern the mechanics of a point particle and score an
average of 55% in exams.
3. Understand the concepts of mechanical energy and linear momentum and apply their conservation
laws to analyze simple mechanical systems with an average of 50% in exams.
4. Solve kinematic and dynamic problems involving rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis and
smooth rolling motion and score an average of 50% in exams.
5. Extend the rules of basic mechanics of translational motion to circular and orbital motions and
score an average of 55% in exams.
6. Solve problems related to static equilibrium of extended bodies under the action of forces and/or
torques and score an average of 55% in exams.
7. Analyze and solve basic static and dynamic fluid problems and score an average of 55% in exams.
8. Explain the oscillatory motion in one and two dimensions and solve problems for simple
mechanical systems and score an average of 50% in exams.
9. Operate basic Laboratory equipment, collect and plot data, write results and draw conclusions in a
concise report and score an average of 70% in lab grade.
 Attendance Policy:

1. A DN grade shall be given to the student who has 3 or more unexcused absences in the
LAB.
2. A DN grade shall be given to the student who has more than 12 unexcused absences in
lecture + recitations,
3. A Student who has a valid excuse (from KFUPM clinic or Students Affairs) for
his/her absencemust present it to the instructor no later than one week after
resuming classes.

Assessment:

Grading Policy %
Class Work 10
Lab Work 20
First Major Exam (Chapters 1-6): exam time: 120 minutes, consists of 20 MCQ 20
Second Major Exam (Chapters 7-11): exam time: 120 minutes, consists of 20 MCQ 20
Final Exam (Comprehensive covering Chapters 1 – 15): exam time: 180 minutes, consists of 30 MCQ 30
Total 100

a) Classwork (with an average score of 7.0/10):

The class work score shall be derived from the student’s performance in the quizzes. At
least 6 quizzes shallbe given over the semester period.
b) Lab work (with an average score of 14/20):
The lab score shall be derived from a combination of lab reports and quizzes.
c) Exams:
All exams will be in-person in Dhahran and of multiple-choice type (MCQ). A sheet of
important formulae (not definitions) will be provided in all exams. Specific dates and
locations of the exams willbe announced 1-2 weeks earlier.
d) Final Letter grade: based on a curve model.

Make-up Exam Policy:

A student who misses an exam with a valid excuse must present an officially authorized
document to the course coordinator within 3 days after the date of the exam in order to take a
make-up exam. However, if he/she misses the Final Exam with a valid excuse, he/she will get an
“IC” grade in the course and will take a make-up exam in the following semester. If he/she does
not have a valid excuse, the score for that exam will be zero. Personal excuses are not accepted.
 Physics 101 Lecture Schedule - Fall Semester 2023-2024 (Term 231)

Week Day Date Topics Chapter Sec Useful Links

1 Sun 27 Aug 2023 Units, Changing units, Significant Figures 01 1 Significant fig,
Tue 29 Length, time, mass (powers of ten), Dimensional Analysis 01 2,3
Thu 31 1-D motion, Displacement, Velocity, and acceleration 02 1-3 Motion in 1D
2 Sun 03 Sep 2023 Constant acceleration, Free fall, Graphical Integration 02 7 Calculus, More
Tue 05 Vectors, their components. Adding Vectors 03 1-3 Vectors
Thu 07 Multiplying Vectors 03 4,5 River & boat
Thursday 07 September 2023 – Last day for dropping courses without a permanent record
3 Sun 10 2D & 3D motion with constant acceleration. 04 7 Motion in 2D
Tue 12 Projectile motion, Uniform Circular Motion 04 1-3 Projectiles
Thu 14 Relative Motion in 1D and 2D 04 4
4 Sun 17 Review --- 5
Tue 19 Newton's first and second laws 05 6 Forces
Thu 21 Some particular forces, Newton's third law 05 1,2 Gravity Force
5 Sun 24 National Day Holiday
Tue 26 Applications 05 3,4 Atwood Machine
Thu 28 Review --- 7,9
6 Sun 01 Oct 2023 Friction, 06 1 Friction1, 2
Tue 03 Uniform Circular Motion 06 2,3 Circular 1
Thu 05 Review ---
First Major Exam (Chapters 1 – 6): TBA
7 Sun 08 Kinetic Energy and Work 07 1-3 Spring 1
Tue 10 Work done by Weight, Spring, Power 07 4,6 Hook's Law1, 2
Thu 12 Potential energy, Conservation of Mechanical Energy 08 1,2 Energy
8 Sun 15 Work by an External Force, Conservation of energy 08 4,5 Conservation
Tue 17 Center of mass, Newton’s second law for a system of particles 09 1,2 COM
Thu 19 Linear momentum and impulse 09 3,4 Impulse
9 Sun 22 Conservation of linear momentum, kinetic energy in a collision 09 5,6
Tue 24 Collisions in 1-D and 2-D 09 7,8 Collision 1D,2D
Thu 26 Rotational motion, Rotational Variables 10 1-3
Thursday 02 November 2023: Last day of dropping course(s) with grade “W” thru KFUPM portal
10 Sun 29 Kinetic Energy and Rotational Inertia 10 4,5 Inertia
Tue 31 Torque and Work in Rotational Motion 10 6-8 Torque
Thu 02 Nov 2023 Rolling, Forces and Kinetic Energy of Rolling 11 1-3 Rolling 1, 2
11 Sun 05 Torque and Angular momentum 11 4-6 Ang. Momentum
Tue 07 Conservation of Angular momentum 11 7,8 Cons. Ang. Mom.
Thu 09 Review --- ---
Second Major Exam (Chapters 7 – 11): TBA
12 Sun 12 Review --- ---
Tue 14 Equilibrium, Examples of Static 12 1,2 Young Modulus
Thu 16 Equilibrium Elasticity laws, Satellites 12 3 Shear Modulus
Midterm Break (Nov19 – Nov23 , 2023)
13 Sun 26 Newton’s law of Gravitation 13 1-3 Gravity
Tue 28 Gravitation Inside Earth, Gravitational-potential energy 13 4, 5 Orbital
Thu 30 Kepler's laws, Satellites 13 6, 7 Kepler 1
14 Sun 03 Dec 2023 Fluids at Rest 14 1-3
Tue 05 Pascal’s Principles, Archimedes Principle. The Continuity 14 4, 5 Buoyancy
Thu 07 Equation, Bernoulli's equation 14 6, 7 Bernoulli
15 Sun 10 Oscillations, Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM), Energy in SHM 15 1, 2
Tue 12 Pendulums, The Physical Pendulum 15 4 Pendulum 1
Thu 14 Review --- ---
16 Sun 17 Review --- ---
Final Exam (Chapters 1 – 15): TBA
I wish you a successful semester. PHYS101 Coordinator: Dr. Tariq Al-Abdullah