Contents:

1. Waves. Type of waves. The superposition principle.
2. Huygens?s principle. Reflection and refraction.
3. Interference of waves. Standing waves. Resonance. Sound waves.
4. Electric Field, electric charge. Coulomb's Law.
5. Work in a uniform electric field, electric potential, electric voltage. Capacity.
6. Ohm's law, electrical resistance.
7. Kirchhoff's laws and their application.
8. Magnetic field.
9. Charged particle in a magnetic field. Electromagnetic field.
10. Thermodynamics. Kinetic theory of gases. Kinetic interpretation of temperature.
11. Equipartition of energy. Distribution of molecular speed. Brownian motion.
12. The Van der Waals equation of state. The second law of thermodynamics.
13. The Carnot cycle.

Recommended literature:

1. Halliday & Resnick, Fundamentals of Physics, Jearl Walker, Extended 9th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011.
2. Physics II - Seminars, M. Murla, S. Pekárek, Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1995.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar