GENERAL PHYSICS
FISICA GENERALE
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| 2022/2023 | 9 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Michele Veltri | friday 11:00-13:00 |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The objective of this course is to give the student a basic knowledge of general physics with emphasis on classical mechanics and electromagnetism.
Program
01. Introduction to the scientific method
01.01 Physical quantities
01.02 The International System of units of measure
01.03 Measurements
01.04 Dimensional equations
01.05 Order of magnitude estimates
02. One-dimensional motion
02.01 Basic Concepts
02.02 The kinematic equation of motion
02.03 Average speed and instantaneous speed
02.04 Average acceleration and instantaneous acceleration
02.05 Space-Time diagrams
02.06 Uniform rectilinear motion
02.07 Uniformly variable rectilinear motion
02.08 Free fall motion
03. Vectors
03.01 Coordinate systems
03.02 Scalar and vector quantites
03.03 Vector operations
03.04 Vector components and unit vectors
04. Two and three dimensional motion
04.01 Position, displacement, velocity and accelaration vectors
04.02 Projectile motion
04.03 Circular motion
04.04 Tangent and central acceleration
05. Dynamics
05.01 First principle of Dynamics
05.02 Second principle of Dynamics
05.03 Resultant force, equilibrium, contraints and their reactions
05.04 Mass and weight
05.05 Third principle of Dynamics (Action and Reaction)
05.06 Momentum and impulse
05.07 Conservation of momentum
06. Application of dynamics principles
06.01 Motion on an inclined plane
06.02 Frictional forces: static friction and kinetic friction
06.03 Motion in a viscous fluid
06.04 Simple harmonic motion
06.05 The elastic force
06.06 Motion of a mass attached to a spring
06.07 Simple pendulum
06.08 The weight in a lift
06.10 Circular motion dynamics
07. Work and energy
07.01 Work
07.02 Kinetic energy, theorem of kinetic energy
07.03 Work of the elastic force
07.04 Work of the force of gravity
07.05 Work done by friction
07.06 Power
07.07 Potential energy
07.08 Conservative forces
07.09 Conservation of mechanical energy
08. Gravitation
08.01 Newton's universal law of gravitation
08.02 Kepler's laws
08.03 Angular momentum
08.04 Conservation of angular momentum
08.05 Satellite motion
08.06 The gravitational field
08.07 Gravitational potential energy
09. The electric charge
09.01 The electric charge
09.02 Conductors and insulators
09.03 Electrical induction
09.04 Coulomb's law
09.05 Quantization and conservation of the electric charge
10. The electric field
10.01 The electric field
10.02 Electric field lines
10.03 Electric dipole
10.04 Motion of a point charge in a uniform electric field
10.05 Electric potential energy and potential
11. Gauss's Law
11.01 Flux of the electric field
11.02 Gauss's law
11.03 Calculation of electric fields using the Gauss's law
11.04 Properties of a conductor in electrostatic equilibrium
12. Capacitance and capacitors
12.01 Capacitance
12.02 Parallel plate capacitor
12.03 Capacitors in series and parallel
12.04 Energy of the electric field
12.05 Capacitors with dielectrics
13. Electric current
13.01 Electric current
13.02 Resistance
13.03 Ohm's law
13.04 Joule effect
14. Direct Current Circuits
14.01 Resistors in series and parallel
14.02 Electromotive force
12.07 Kirchhoff's law
12.08 RC circuits
15. Magnetic field
15.01 The magnetic field
15.02 Lorentz's force
15.03 Motion of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field
15.04 Magnetic force on a current-carrying wire
16. Sources of the magnetic field
16.01 The gauss law for the magnetic field
16.02 Biot-Savart law
16.03 Magnetic field produced by a wire carrying current
16.04 Forces between current-carrying wires
16.05 Ampère's law
16.06 Solenoid magnetic field
17. Time varying electric and magnetic fields
17.01 Electromagnetic induction and Faraday law
17.02 Lenz's law
17.03 Induced EMF in a moving conductor
17.04 Inductance
17.05 RL circuits
17.06 Energy of the magnetic field
18. Electromagnetic waves
18.01 Displacement current
18.02 The Ampère-Maxwell law
18.03 Maxwell's equations
18.04 Electromagnetic waves
Bridging Courses
Although there are no mandatory prerequisites for this exam, students are strongly recommended to take it after Calculus.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
- Knowledge and Understanding
- On completion successful students will be able to understand the basic concepts of classical mechanics and thermodynamics. In particular: Newton's laws, work, energy, conservation of energy, the principles of thermodynamics.
- Applying Knowledge and Understanding
- The student will be able to understand phenomena related to classical mechanics and thermodynamics and to solve simple problems on these subjects.
- Making Judgements
- The student will be able to recognize a physical phenomenon and the laws which govern it, to understand the most relevant physical quantities involved and to give an estimate of them.
- Communication Skills
- The student will have to know how to communicate in a rigorous and effective way the concepts learnt during the course.
- Learning Skills
- The acquired knowledge will allow the student to further study the classical physics and to apply the methodologies of physical sciences to other subjects.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Theory lectures and exercises
- Attendance
Although recommended, course attendance is not mandatory.
- Course books
- R. A. Serway e J. W. Jewett Jr, "Physics for Scientist and Engineers with Modern Phyiscs", Brooks/Cole Pub Co., 2018
- Assessment
Written exam and oral exam. The written exam (duration 3 hours) consists of two exercises on different subjects of the course. It is passed if the mark (which is valid for all the exam calls of the same academic year) is at least 15/30. The oral exam can be taken only if the written exam is passed. The final mark is the weighted average of the written and the oral marks with weights 1/3 and 2/3, respectively.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
The old exam tests can be found here
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