PHYS 232 Heat and Waves

3 credits · Physics · Faculty of Science · Offered: Winter

The laws of thermodynamics and their consequences. Thermodynamics of P-V-T systems and simple heat engines. Free, driven, and damped harmonic oscillators. Coupled systems and normal modes. Fourier methods. Wave motion and dispersion. The wave equation.

Prerequisites

CEGEP Physics or PHYS 142, and CEGEP chemistry or CHEM 120, and PHYS 230.

Prerequisite courses: CHEM 120, PHYS 142, PHYS 230

Restrictions

Not open to students taking or having passed PHYS 253

Courses that need PHYS 232

ATOC 404
BIOL 319
PHYS 319
PHYS 329
PHYS 333
PHYS 346
PHYS 404

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