Syllabus for PH8151 ENGINEERING PHYSICS L T P C 3 0 0 3 OBJECTIVES: To enhance the fundamental knowledge in Physics and its applications relevant to various streams of Engineering and Technology. UNIT I PROPERTIES OF MATTER 9 Elasticity – Stress-strain diagram and its uses - factors affecting elastic modulus and tensile strength – torsional stress and deformations – twisting couple - torsion pendulum: theory and experiment - bending of beams - bending moment – cantilever: theory and experiment – uniform and non-uniform bending: theory and experiment - I-shaped girders - stress due to bending in beams. UNIT II WAVES AND FIBER OPTICS 9 Oscillatory motion – forced and damped oscillations: differential equation and its solution – plane progressive waves – wave equation. Lasers : population of energy levels, Einstein‘s A and B coefficients derivation – resonant cavity, optical amplification (qualitative) – Semiconductor lasers: homojunction and heterojunction – Fiber optics: principle, ...