APPLIED PHYSICS (+ COMPUTER BASES)

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

T10112

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Applied Physics (Cultural Heritage, Environment, Biology and Medicine)

Is part of:

CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS APPLIED TO MOTOR SCIENCES

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

COMANI Silvia

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

152

Prerequisites:

A basic knowledge of Algebra, Geometry and Differential Calculus.

Objectives

TRAINING OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS: According to the Dublin descriptors, the educational objectives are aimed to provide the student with the concepts and methods necessary to recognize and elaborate the fundamental ideas of physics (Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Thermology and Thermodynamics) and become able to apply these concepts and methods in the field of Motor and Sport Activity Sciences (knowledge and understanding, applying knowledge and understanding).
At the end of the course the student will have to demonstrate to have learned the basic notions and methods of physics, to have reached the knowledge and skills to understand a problem of general physics so to be able to give an independent judgement on problems physics, to be able to communicate the own opinions to people with the same competences and also to people with no specific competences, and to be able to manipulate these ideas and methods in a manner appropriate to the scientific training and professional needs of a graduate in Sports and Fitness Activities (communication skills).

Contents

PHYSICS: Dimensions and units of measure of the physical quantities. Vectors and operations with vectors. Kinematics of a particle. Dynamics of a particle. Work and energy. Dynamics of a rigid body. Ideal and real fluids. Thermology and Thermodynamics. INFORMATICS: Introduction to informatics. The Personal Computer (PC). The operating system (OS). Applicative programmes. Computer networks. World Wide Web.

Extended Syllabus

PHYSICS: Dimensions and units of measure of the physical quantities. Vectors and operations with vectors. Kinematics of a particle: displacement, speed and acceleration. Rectilinear and curvilinear motion. Dynamics of a particle: The strength and moment of a force - Statics and Levers - Newton's laws - Momentum - Principle of conservation of momentum - Moment of momentum. Work and energy: Work of a force - Kinetic and potential energy - Conservative forces - Conservation of mechanical energy. Collisions. Dynamics of a rigid body: Translation and rotation - Moment of inertia - Equation of motion for the rotation of a rigid body - Kinetic energy of rotation. Ideal fluids: Density and pressure - Pascal's law - Stevino's law - Archimede's principle - Continuity equation - Bernoulli's equation - Venturi's pipe. Real fluids: Viscosity - Laminar flow - Newton's law - Poiseuille's law - Turbulent flow. Thermology and Thermodynamics: Thermometric Scales - Thermal expansion, thermal capacity and specific heats - Heat transmission - Laws of perfect gases - Equation of state of perfect gases - State of a thermodynamic system - Work - Cycles - First and second principle of thermodynamics.
INFORMATICS: Introduction to Computer Science: Information, Algorithms, Motivation for the use of computers. The Personal Computer (PC): CPU, Memory, Bus, Interfaces, Peripherals. The Operating System (SO): Purposes, uses and functionality. Layered structure, User interfaces. DOS, Windows, Linux operating systems. Introduction to programming. Viruses. The binary system. Digital images. Applicative programs: Word, Excel, Power Point. Examples of specific programs for the study of human movement. Computer Networks: Preliminary Notions. Internet: addresses, http protocol. World Wide Web: Basic principles, hypertext, hypermedia documents. Implementation of WWW: the browser, the servers. Internet application protocols: e-mail, newsgroups.

Recommended Bibliography

1) GORBIA M.,LANCONELLI N., Elementi di Fisica nelle Scienze Motorie, Casa Editrice Girali, Bologna
2) GIANCOLI D.C., Fisica, C.E.A. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano
3) TIPLER P.A., Invito alla Fisica, Zanichelli, Bologna

Teaching Methods

Classroom lessons, with online remote connetions to the students not present in the classroom.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Multiple choice written test with questions having multiple possible answers exclusively on the theoretical program performed in class. Fifteen questions will be presented on a screen. For each question 4 possible answers will also be presented, of which only one is correct. Each correct answer is assigned a score of 1, each wrong answer is assigned a score of -0.2, each not given answer is not considered. The test is passed if a total score of 9 is obtained. The total duration of the test is about one hour.

Contacts/More Information

The teacher receives students by appointment. Given the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the meetings take place online.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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