AIET Engineering 2021 Physics Syllabus

D. Y . Patil university AIET Entrance Examination syllabus for Physics – 2014

Mechanics and Properties of Matter

Circular motion

Angular displacement, Angular velocity, Angular acceleration, Relation between linear and angular velocity. Uniform circular motion, Radial acceleration, centripetal and centrifugal forces, Banking of roads.

Gravitation

Newton’s law of gravitation, periodic time, binding energy and escape velocity of a satellite, weightlessness condition in a satellite.

Rotational Motion

Centre of mass of a two particle system, its generalization to ‘n’ particals, rigid body and its centre of mass, definition of moment of inertia it’s physical significance, radius of gyration, K. E. of a rotating body, torque, M.I. of principle of perpendicular and parallel axes its application to M. I. of uniform rod and disc with proof. Angular momentum and its conservation.

Oscillations

Explanation of periodic motion, Simple Harmonic Motion (S. H. M.), uniform circular motion and S. H. M., phase of S. H. M., K. E. and P. E. in cases of S. H. M., composition of the two S. H. M., having same period and parallel to each other (Analytical treatment), simple pendulum, angular S. H. M., magnet vibrating in the uniform magnetic induction.

Elasticity

General explanation of elastic property (a few examples) plasticity, deformation, Definition of stress and strain, Hooke’s law. Elastic constants Y, K, N, and O. Determination of Young’s modulus by Searle’s method, observation on a wire under applied increasing load, calculation of work done in stretching a thin uniform wire.

Properties of fluids

Behavior of liquid surfaces, its explanation on the basis of molecular theory, surface energy, surface tension, Angle of contact, capillary action.

Sound

Wave motion

Explanation of formation of wave, simple harmonic progressive waves, longitudinal and transverse types of waves, deflection of sound waves. Change o f phase, superposition of sound waves, explanation of formation of beats, Doppler effect.

Stationary waves

Study of vibrations on strings, explanation of formation of stationary waves on strings, study of Vibrations of air columns, forced vibrations, resonance. Experiments like sonometer, resonance tube, Mold’s experiment to study stationary waves.

Heat and Thermodynamics

Kinetic theory of gases

Assumptions of kinetic theory, mean free path, derivation for pressure of a gas in the container on the basis of Kinetic theory of gases, Derivation of Boyle’s law, specific heat at constant volume and pressure (Cp and CV). Method of determination of Cp, Mayor’s relation, internal and external latent heat.

Radiation

Absorption, emission, reflection of heat radiations, Corresponding Coefficients and relation between them, Perfectly black body, emissive power, emissivity, Kirchhoff’s law of radiation, it’s theoretical proof, Ritche’s experiment, Prevost’s theory of exchange of heat, Stefan’s law. Newton’s law of cooling and radiation correction.

Thermodynamics

Thermodynamic state, equation of state isothermals, pressure temperature phase diagram, Vander waal’s equation of state.

LIGHT

Wave theory of Light

Newton’s corpuscular theory, wave theory of light , wave front and wave normal, Huygen’s principle construction of plane and spherical wave front Reflection and refraction at plane surfaces, Ray optics as a limiting case of wave optics, scattering of light.

Interference of light

Interference of light, conditions for producing steady, interference pattern, Young’s experiment Analytical treatment of interference bands, Measurement of wave length by biprism experiment.

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

Electrostatics

Gauss’s Flux theorem, its proof and applications, mechanical force on unit area of charged conductor energy per unit volume. Capacity of a parallel plate condenser with a dielectric, Energy of a changed condenser, Condensers in series and parallel.

Current Electricity

Flow of current in a conductor, sources of e.m.f., simple cell, electric current, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s laws, Wheatstone’s bridge, Potentiometer.

Magnetic effect of current

Moving coil galvanometer, ammeter, voltmeter, sensitivity and accuracy of moving coil galvanometer Theory and construction of Tangent Galvanometer, sensitivity and accuracy of TG.

Magnetism

Magnetic induction at any point due to a magnetic dipole; Magnetic potential at any point due to a magnetic dipole; Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism, Ferromagnetism on the basis of domain theory, Curie temperature.

Electromagnetic Induction

Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday’s experiment, law of the electromagnetic induction, proof of e= dœ)/dt, Eddy currents, self and mutual inductance, induction coil earth coil, coil rotating in a uniform magnetic induction, alternating currents, reactance and impedance, power in A. C. circuits, Electromagnetic oscillations, Electromagnetic spectrum (Elementary facts, uses and application)

MODERN PHYSICS

Electrons and photons

Discovery of an electron, change and mass of electron, photoelectric effect, Einstein’s equation. Photoelectric cell and its application.

Atoms, molecules and nuclei

Rutherford’s model of an atom, Bohr model energy quantization, H2 spectrum, composition of nucleus, Radioactivity, mass energy relation.

Thermionic emission of solid state devices

Thermionic emission, diode, its construction and use’ as a half wave and full wave rectifier. Triode, its construction and use as an amplifier (Qualitative idea).

Semi- conductor

P-type and N- type semi conductors, P- N junction diodes, P- N junction diode as rectifier, and transistor as amplifier.