Course title
振動・波動の物理   [Physics of Vibrations and Waves]
Course category technology speciality courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 14  Semester 3rd 
Course type 3rd  Course code 021303
Instructor(s)
臼井 博明   [USUI Hiroaki]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Engineering Office 4-241  Email address

Course description
After reviewing the basics of harmonic oscillation, its principal is applied to understand coupled oscillation and normal oscillation. Then we learn about the phenomena of wave motion. With the one-dimensional wave, important phenomena such as reflection, standing wave, and natural vibration are explained. We further proceed to two and three-dimensional waves, where Huygens' principle, refraction, and diffraction are important topics to understand. Frequent mentions are to be made about the application to the physical phenomena in our daily life and the connections to material science.

This course is a part of physics courses classified as specialized basic subjects in the Department of Applied Chemistry.
Expected Learning
1. For the curriculum policy perspective of this course, please refer to the curriculum map in the Faculty of Engineering Course Guide.
2. Solve the equation of motion of oscillatory phenomena.
3. Understand the influence of frequency on amplitude and phase in the phenomena of forced oscillation.
4. Give a qualitative description of the beat of two oscillations.
5. Solve the motion equation of coupled oscillation, and derive its normal mode.
5. Give a qualitative description of wave motion and understand the relation between speed, frequency and wavenumber.
6. Understand the generalized equation of wave and the characteristics of its solution
7. Give a qualitative description of reflection of wave.
8. Give a qualitative description of standing wave, and derive the fundamental oscillation.
9. Understand the phenomena of reflection and refraction from the Heugens' principle.
Course schedule
1. Review of harmonic oscillation and damped oscillation
Solve the equations of motions based on the classical mechanics
2.Mathematical expression of oscillation using complex function
Solve the equations of motions using complex expression of trigonometric function
3. Forced oscillation and resonance
Understand the characteristics of forced oscillation and its dependence on frequency and friction
4. Addition of harmonic oscillation and beating
Understand the phenomenon that occurs under coexistence of two harmonic oscillations
5. Two-dimensional oscillation
Understand the phenomenon that occurs under coexistence of diagonal harmonic oscillations
6. Coupled oscillation and normal mode
Understand the phenomenon that occurs under an interaction between two harmonic oscillations
7. Drills
Solve the problems based on the aforementioned items
8. Fundamentals of wave motion
Understand the characteristics of wave motion and phase velocity
9. Wave equation of a string and a compressive wave
Derive the wave equations of string and compressive wave from the equations of motion
10. Reflection of wave
Understand the phenomena that occur at the edges of medium
11. Travelling wave, standing wave and fundamental oscillation of a string
Understand the phenomenon of standing wave and its application to fundamental oscillation of a string
12. Two- and three-dimensional waves
Describe the waves that occurs in two or three dimensional space
13. Heugens' principle, reflection and refraction
Understand the phenomena of reflection and refraction using Heugens' principle
14. Dispersion of refractive index and diffraction
Understand the wavelength dispersion by prism and grating
15. Final wrap-up
Prerequisites
Requires basic understanding on mechanical physics
Basic understanding on complex number and trigonometric function
Required Text(s) and Materials
Comprehensive Physics Ⅰ (Yasuo Hara、Gakujutsu Tosho Shuppan-sha Co., Ltd.)
References
Assessment/Grading
Excercise 10%
Answer the excercise problems alloted in the classs correctly
Final examination 90%
Answer correctly to the problems pertinent to the "Expected Learning" in the final examination

Recent distribution of final marks
S 18%
A 25%
B 20%
C 16%
D 20%
Message from instructor(s)
This subject is very useful to understand variety of physical phenomena in our daily life. For the students who major material science and chemistry, this subject plays an important role in understanding the analysis of molecular structure, interaction of light and materials, thermal and mechanical properties of materials etc.
Course keywords
harmonic oscillation, forced oscillation, coupled oscillation, wave equation, standing wave
Office hours
Tuesday 4th and 5th period at room 241 in building 4
Remarks 1
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Lecture Language
Japanese
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Last update
10/1/2021 5:10:35 PM