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Reg. No.

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Name :

Mid-Term Examinations – August 2021


Programme : B.Tech. [ BCE] Semester : Fall 2021-22
Course : Engineering Physics Code : PHY1001
Faculty : Dr. Suchetana Sadhukhan Slot/ Class No. : A11+A12+A13/ 0036
Time : 1 ½ hours Max. Marks : 50

Answer all the Questions

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Q.No. Question Description Marks
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1 A block A has a mass of 8 kg and is at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface. A 4-


kg mass В is attached to a rope as shown in figure. Determine the acceleration of the
mass В and the tension in the cord.
The pulley is frictionless.

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2 Assume a large hand wheel as shown in the figure. The man, who operates it, exerts
a force of 150 N on each side of a large wheel (80cm diameter) thus produces a
force couple, as shown the second figure. Calculate the moment of the force couple.

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3 Replace the following classical mechanical expressions with their corresponding


quantum mechanical operators.
a. K.E. = 1/2*mv2 10
b. p = mv
c. total energy E=K.E+P.E
4 Consider an infinite square well with wall boundaries x=0 and x=L. Show the
energy eigenvalues, wavefunction and its probability density distribution for the first
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five excited states of an electron.

5 Explain why the surface area to volume ratio is important in nanophysics and
calculate this ratio for a sphere of diameter 30 μm. 10

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