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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Applied Physics (Cultural Heritage, Environment, Biology and Medicine)
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
Basics elements of trigonometry;
Elements of Algebra.
Objectives
Contents Basics of General Physics:
- Physical quantities;
- Experimental measurements;
- Kinematics;
- Relative Motion;
- Dynamics of a Particle;
- Work and Energy;
- Dynamics of a System of Particles; Collisions;
- Dynamics of a rigid body;
- Oscillations and material waves;
- Mechanics of fluids;
- Thermology and Gases’ Laws;
- Thermodynamics;
- Introduction to Electromagnetism;
Extended Syllabus - The experimental method
- Physical quantities, measurements and units
- Vector Algebra: Addition and Difference of vectors; Components of a vector; Scalar Product and Vector Product; Vector representation of an area.
- Forces: Concurrent forces; Torque; Coplanar and parallel forces; Center of mass; Equilibrium.
- Kinematics: reference systems; Rectilinear motion; Curvilinear motion; Circular motion.
- Relative motion: Uniform Relative Translational Motion; Uniform Relative Rotational Motion; Motion relative to the Earth; The Lorentz transformation and its consequences.
- Dynamics of a Particle: Newton’s Laws; Linear Momentum and Principle of conservation of Momentum; Curvilinear motion; Angular moment; Central forces; Equilibrium and Rest.
- Work and Energy: Impulse; Work; Kinetic Energy; Theorem of active forces; Conservative forces; Potential energy; Conservation of mechanical energy; Equilibrium; Energy and non-conservative forces.
- Dynamics of a system of particles: Center of mass, Systems with reduced mass; Angular momentum, Conservation of the angular momentum; Law of conservation of energy; Collisions: elastic and inelastic collisions.
- Dynamics of a rigid body: Translation and Rotation; Angular moment and Moment of Inertia; Principal Axes of Inertia; Equation for the rotation of a rigid body; Kinetic energy of rotation; Total energy of a rigid body.
- Waves: shear and pressure waves; Harmonic waves; Doppler’s effect; Energy and intensity of the waves; Introduction to Fourier analysis.
- Fluids: pressure, compressibility; Archimedes' principle; Surface tension; Capillarity; Dynamics of fluids; Bernoulli's equation; Poiseuille flow.
- Thermology and Gases’ Laws: Thermometric scales; Thermal expansion; Heat capacity and specific heat capacity; Phase changes and latent heats; Heat transmission; Wien’s Law; Stefan-Boltzmann Law; Variables of perfect gases; Laws of perfect gases; Equation of state for perfect gases and for real gases; Kinetic theory of gases.
- Thermodynamics: State of a thermodynamic system; Reversible and irreversible transformations; Work and cyclic transformations; First Principle; Second Principle; Carnot cycle; Entropy; Third Principle or Theorem of Nernst.
- Electrostatics: Coulomb force; Motion of charged particles; Gauss's law; Electric potential; Dielectrics; Dipoles; Electric capacity and energy density; Capacities in series and in parallel.
- Electric current and resistance: Ohm’s laws; Joule effect; DC (direct current); Circuits: resistors in series and in parallel; Kirchoff laws; Instrumentations;
- Magnetic fields: first and second law of Laplace; Motion of charged particles in a magnetic field (Lorentz force); Biot-Savart’s law; Ampere's law; Magnetism in matter.
Recommended Bibliography Raymond A. Serway and John W. Jewett, Jr
“Principi di Fisica” - EdiSES - V edizione
David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker
“Fondamenti di Fisica – Casa Editrice Abrosiana - 7a edizione
Methods of Provision
Teaching Methods Given the educational objectives of the course, the teaching process will be highly interactive. The topics and the problems will be presented with a top-down approach, and the students will be involved in formulating hypotheses and making contributions.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
Written exam. Additional oral exam upon request.
Contacts/More Information It's reccomended to attend the lessons.
Book an appointment to meet the teacher if needed.