Engineering Physics : Part I

Contents Preface 1 Ultrasonics 2 Laser3 Fibre Optics and Applications 4 Quantum Physics 5 Crystal Physics Experiments 1 Determination of Wavelength of Laser Using Grating and Particle Size Determination 2 The Air Wedge 3 Spectrometer Grating 4 Thermal Conductivity By Lee?s Disc 5 Torsional Pendulum6 Young?s Modulus by Non-Uniform Bending7 Viscosity--Poiseuille?s Method8 Young?s Modulus By Uniform Bending 9 Band Gap of a Semiconductor Material10 Velocity of Sound and Compressibility of Liquid--Ultrasonic Interferometer11 Specific Resistance of Given Wire--Carey-Foster Bridge12 Spectrometer--Dispersive Power of the Prism13 B-H Curve Index    "This book is specifically written to address the requirements of the course curriculum in Engineering Physics for the first-year students of all branches of engineering It presents the basic principles of physics and their applications in the field of engineering The book exposes the students to fundamental knowledge in Ultrasonics their properties and applications in engineering and medical fields Main components of lasers types of lasers and their applications Types of fibre optics structure and basic operation of fibre optic systems their applications in communications and endoscopy Black body radiations Planck?s quantum theory Compton effect and Schrödinger wave equation Crystal system Bravais space lattice Miller indices structure of crystals and their defects The book also includes thirteen laboratory experiments with step-by-step procedures for performing them" 208 pp.