Physics Laboratories
Physics 1 Laboratory - Mechanics
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Within the scope of PHYS 103L Physics I Laboratory course, student teams conduct and report several experiments such as Basic Measurements, Newton's Laws, Hooke's Law, Centrifugal Force, Projectile Motion, Conservation of Momentum in Collisions, Basic Pendulum, Moment of Inertia and Angular Motion of a Rotating Disc, and Inclined Plane experiments.
The experiments in the field of mechanics are based on the measurement of time, period and force using proper tools. These measurements are used in order to determine the speed, velocity, acceleration and period of the objects in motion. With the help of physics laws, some physical quantities are determined following these measurements compared with those obtained from theoretical approaches.
Physics 2 Laboratory - Electromagnetism
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Within the scope of PHYS 104L Physics II Laboratory course, student teams conduct and report several experiments such as Transformer, Biot-Savart Law, Wheatstone Bridge, Magnetic Field Near a Straight Line, Resistance of Conductor Content, Kirchhof's Laws, Ohm's Law, Equipotential Surfaces, Self Induction, Discharge Curve of a Capacitor experiments.
The experiments in the field of electromagnetism are based on the measurement of current, magnetic fields and potential differences using proper tools. These tools are used for the purpose of determining some of the electrical parameters such as resistance, power, inductance and capacitance. Using magnetic field sensors, magnetic field around conductors having various geometries are measured and current-magneticfield relations are obtained. Dependence of magnetic field strength with the distance from the source is also extracted.