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Physics For Engineers Lab

Civil Engineering

Lab 01: Measurement Using Vernier Caliper and Micrometer

A complete physics laboratory experiment on precision measurement using the vernier caliper and micrometer screw gauge, including theory, apparatus, zero-error correction, data tables, calculations, and reporting guide.

Lab 02: Uniformly Accelerated Motion

A complete physics laboratory experiment on uniformly accelerated motion using a trolley on an inclined rail, including theory, apparatus, procedures, graphing tasks, data tables, computations, and post-lab problems.

Lab 03: Kinetic and Static Friction

A complete physics laboratory experiment on static and kinetic friction using a wooden block, spring balance, added loads, and inclined plane method.

Lab 04: Newton's Second Law of Motion

Laboratory experiment using a simplified Atwood machine to verify Newton's Second Law and compare experimental and theoretical acceleration.

Lab 05: Torque or Moment of a Force

Laboratory experiment on torque, center of gravity, and the principle of moments using a model balance, pans, brass weights, and a meter stick.

Lab 06: Archimedes' Principle and Specific Gravity

Laboratory experiment on buoyancy, apparent weight, displaced fluid, and specific gravity using Archimedes' Principle.

Experiment 7: Simple Harmonic Motion

A theory-first treatment of simple harmonic motion, pendulum dynamics, spring oscillations, energy, damping, resonance, graph interpretation, simulations, and laboratory application.

Experiment 8: Refraction of Light

A complete laboratory investigation of refraction through a triangular prism and focal-length determination for convex lenses using ray tracing, Snell's law, thin-lens measurements, the displacement method, and lenses in contact.

Experiment 9: Specific Heat Capacity and Calorimetry

A complete calorimetry laboratory for determining the specific heat capacity of a metal by the method of mixtures, including calorimeter correction, heat-loss analysis, uncertainty, and data-quality checks.

Experiment 10: Ohm's Law and Resistance

A theory-first lesson on electric current, voltage, resistance, resistivity, Ohm's law, power, temperature effects, I-V characteristics, measurements, simulation, and laboratory verification.

Experiment 11: Resistors in Series and Parallel

A theory-first lesson on circuit topology, Kirchhoff's laws, equivalent resistance, voltage division, current division, power, mixed networks, simulation, and laboratory verification.

Experiment 12: Cells in Series and Parallel

A theory-first treatment of electrochemical cells, emf, terminal voltage, internal resistance, capacity, energy, series and parallel battery arrangements, current sharing, safety, simulation, and laboratory application.