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The document outlines important topics in Engineering Physics for the 1st semester, including frames of reference, oscillation types, and key laws such as Ohm's and Faraday's. It also covers concepts like resonance, the photoelectric effect, and the combination of resistances in series and parallel circuits. Each topic is briefly defined, providing foundational knowledge for students in the subject.

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Engineering_Physics_Important_Questions

The document outlines important topics in Engineering Physics for the 1st semester, including frames of reference, oscillation types, and key laws such as Ohm's and Faraday's. It also covers concepts like resonance, the photoelectric effect, and the combination of resistances in series and parallel circuits. Each topic is briefly defined, providing foundational knowledge for students in the subject.

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ENGINEERING PHYSICS - 1ST SEMESTER IMPORTANT TOPICS

1. Frame of Reference:

A coordinate system used to describe position and motion of objects.

2. Inertial Frame of Reference:

A frame at rest or moving with constant velocity; Newton's laws hold.

3. Non-Inertial Frame of Reference:

A frame that is accelerating; Newton's laws need fictitious forces.

4. Oscillation:

Repeated motion about an equilibrium point.

5. Harmonic Oscillator:

A system with restoring force proportional to displacement.

6. Forced Oscillator:

Oscillates due to external periodic force.

7. Resonance:

External frequency matches natural frequency, causing large amplitude.

8. Damped Harmonic Motion:

Oscillation with gradually decreasing amplitude due to friction.

9. Ohm's Law:
V = IR; current is proportional to voltage.

10. Faraday's Law:

Changing magnetic field induces emf in a circuit.

11. Lenz's Law:

Induced current opposes the change causing it.

12. Gauss's Law:

Electric flux through closed surface equals enclosed charge/epsilon_0.

13. Lorentz Force:

F = q(E + v × B); force on charge in fields.

14. Compton Effect:

Wavelength of X-rays increases after scattering off electrons.

15. Photoelectric Effect:

Emission of electrons when light hits a metal surface.

16. Electric Polarization:

Alignment of dipoles in dielectric under electric field.

17. Displacement Current:

Changing electric field creates current (Maxwell correction).

18. Laplace's Law:


Pressure difference across curved surface proportional to surface tension / radius.

19. Laplace's Equation:

Del squared phi = 0; holds in charge-free regions.

20. Combination of Resistance:

a. Series:

Same current, voltage divides. Total R = R1 + R2 + ...

b. Parallel:

Same voltage, current divides. 1/R = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + ...

c. Mixed:

Use step-by-step simplification.

Key Differences:

Feature | Series | Parallel

-----------|--------------|-----------------

Current | Same | Divides

Voltage | Divides | Same

Resistance | Adds up | Reciprocal formula

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