Course overview
This course will develop a student's capability to describe and apply the laws and concepts of physics so that situations involving aviation-relevant physics can be analysed and explained both qualitatively and quantitatively. This course will cover trigonometry and vectors; linear motion and forces; energy and work; momentum; thermal physics; properties and behaviour of solids and fluids.
Course learning outcomes
- Describe and explain physical phenomena clearly and accurately using appropriate terminology.
- Apply physical laws and concepts to describe and explain: the motion of aircraft; the properties and behaviour of the atmosphere; the heating and cooling of aircraft components; and the operation of selected aircraft instrumentation.
- Apply problem solving techniques and strategies to analyse and solve aviation-relevant physics problems.
- Operate measurement devices and explain the physical principles which underpin their operation.
- Acquire, analyse, and interpret experimental measurements.
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