The KEAM syllabus for Physics is as follows: Unit 1: Introduction and Measurement Physics Scope and excitement; Physics in relation to science, society and technology inventions, names of scientists and their fields, Nobel prize winners and topics, current developments in physical sciences and related technology. Units for measurement systems of units, S .I units, conversion from other systems to S.I units. Fundamental and derived units. Measurement of length, mass and time, least count in measuring instruments (eg. vernier callipers, screw gauge etc), Dimensional analysis and applications, the order of magnitude, accuracy and errors in measurement, random and instrumental errors, significant figures and rounding off principles. Unit 2: Description Of Motion In One Dimension Objects in motion in one dimension Motion in a straight line, uniform motion its graphical representation and formulae; speed and velocity - instantaneous velocity; ideas of relative velocity with expressions and graphical representations; Uniformly accelerated motion, position-time graph, velocity, time graph and formulae. Elementary ideas of calculus differentiation and integration applications to motion. Unit 3: Description Of Motion In Two And Three Dimensions Vectors and scalars, vectors in two and three dimensions, unit vector, addition and multiplication, resolution of vector in a plane, rectangular components, scalar and vector products. Motion in two dimensions projectile motion, ideas of uniform circular motion, linear and angular velocity, and the relation between centripetal acceleration and angular speed. Unit 4: Laws Of Motion Force and inertia, first law of motion, momentum, the second law of motion, forces in nature, impulse, third law of motion, conservation of linear momentum, examples of the variable mass situation, rocket propulsion, equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication. Inertial and non-inertial frames (elementary ideas); Dynamics of uniform circular motion centripetal and centrifugal forces, examples: banking of curves and centrifuge. Unit 5: Work, Energy And Power Work was done by a constant force and by a variable force, units of work Energy kinetic and potential forms, power, and work-energy theorem. Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions. Gravitational potential energy and its conversion to kinetic energy, spring constant, the potential energy of a spring, Different forms of energy, mass-energy equivalence (elementary ideas), conservation of energy, conservative and non-conservative forces. Unit 6: Motion Of System Of Particles And Rigid Body Rotation Centre of mass of a two-particle system, generalisation to N particles, momentum conservation and center of mass motion, applications to some familiar systems, centre of mass of the rigid body. Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, physical meaning of angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with some examples, eg. planetary motion. Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions, a moment of inertia and its physical significance, the radius of gyration, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems (statements only), a moment of inertia of circular ring and disc, cylinder rolling without slipping. Unit 7: Gravitation The universal law of gravitation, gravitational constant (G) and acceleration due to gravity (g), weight and gravitation, a variation of g with altitude, latitude, depth and rotation of the earth. Mass of earth, gravitational potential energy near the surface of the earth, gravitational potential, escape velocity, orbital velocity of satellite, weightlessness, the motion of geostationary and polar satellites, statement of Kepler's laws of planetary motion, proof of second and third laws, the relation between inertial and gravitational masses. Unit 8: Mechanics of Solids And Fluids Solids: Hookes law, stress-strain relationships, Young's modulus, bulk modulus, shear modulus of rigidity, some practical examples. Fluids: Pressure due to the fluid column, Pascal's law and its applications (hydraulic lift and hydraulic brakes), effect of gravity on fluid pressure, Buoyancy, laws of floatation and Archimedes principles, atmospheric pressure. Surface energy and surface tension, the angle of contact, examples of drops and babbles, capillary rise, detergents and surface tension, viscosity, sphere falling through a liquid column, Stokes law, streamlined flow, Reynolds number, the equation of continuity, Bernoulli's theorem and applications. Unit 9: Heat And Thermodynamics Kinetic theory of gases, assumptions, the concept of pressure, kinetic energy and temperature, mean-rms and most probable speed, degrees of freedom, statement of the law of equipartition of energy, the concept of mean free path and Avogadro's number. Thermal equilibrium and temperatures, zeroth law of thermodynamics, Heat-work and internal energy, Thermal expansion thermometry. The first law of thermodynamics and examples, specific heat, the specific heat of gases at constant volume and constant pressure, the specific heat of solids, Dulong and Petits law Thermodynamical variables and equation of state, phase diagrams, ideal gas equation, isothermal and adiabatic processes, reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot engines, refrigerators and heat pumps, efficiency and coefficient performance of heat engines, ideas of the second law of thermodynamics with practical applications. Thermal radiation Stefan-Boltzmann law, Newton's law of cooling. check the full syllabus here: https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/keam-exam-syllabus
