Unit PHYSICS
- Course
- Geology
- Study-unit Code
- 55A00010
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Claudia Cecchi
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2018
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
PHYSICS - MOD. 1
Code | 55A00011 |
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CFU | 6 |
Teacher | Claudia Cecchi |
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Learning activities | Base |
Area | Discipline fisiche |
Academic discipline | FIS/07 |
Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
Language of instruction | Italian |
Contents | Motion's laws. Strength and motion. Energy conservation. Fluids. Waves. Thermodynamics. |
Reference texts | D. Halliday Fundamentals of Physics Volume 1 |
Educational objectives | Write and solve motion equations. Relationship between Force and Movement. Energy conservation application. Know how to describe fluid motion. Know the waves. Basic principles of thermodynamics. |
Prerequisites | No special prerequisites are required. |
Teaching methods | Frontal lesson, exercises. |
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Learning verification modality | Written and oral examination. |
Extended program | Straight motion: position and displacement, medium and instantaneous speed. Acceleration. Vectors and vector calculus. Moto in two and three dimensions. Strength and motion: Newton's first, second and third law. Kinetic energy and work. Potential energy and energy conservation. Mass center and amount of motion. Gravitation. Fluids. Waves. Thermodynamics. |
PHYSICS - MOD. 2
Code | 55A00012 |
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CFU | 6 |
Teacher | Nicola Tomassetti |
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Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
Academic discipline | FIS/03 |
Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
Language of instruction | Italian |
Contents | Fundamentals of electrostatics: electrostatic force and field; electric work and potential; Gauss law; conductors and dielectrics, capacitors. Fundamentals of magnetostatics: Magnetic force on charges in motion and currents; sources of magnetic field; magnetic field produced by currents; Ampère law; Gauss law. |
Reference texts | Halliday, Resnick, Walker: Fondamenti di Fisica. Vol II - VII Edition |
Educational objectives | Gaining an understanding of the theoretical and experimental principles underpinning electrostatics and magnetostatics. Ability to apply the theoretical knowledge to solve simple problems and exercises. |
Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of algebra, analytic geometry, plane trigonometry, differential and integral calculus. Having attended the First Module of the course on Classical Mechanics. |
Teaching methods | Theoretical lectures, exercises and tutorials. |
Other information | No further information |
Learning verification modality | The exam consists of a written and, eventually, an oral exam. The result of the written test is decisive for admission to the oral test. The oral is required only if you reach a minimum result. In the case of oral examination, it is not carried out a strict arithmetic mean between the written test and oral exam. In the written test the student must demonstrate the ability to solve at least two of the three problems assigned. The time assigned to solve the problems is 2- 3 hours. |
Extended program | Electric structure of matter. The Coulomb's law. Electrostatic field. Field line. Charge motion in an electrostatic field. Work of the electric force. Electrostatic potential and electrostatic potential energy. Calculation of fields and potentials produced by a discrete or a continuous charge distribution. Flux of the electrostatic field. The Gauss theorem, with applications and consequences. Behavior of conductors at electrostatic equilibrium. Conductors and dielectrics: capacitors. Electric conduction. Intensity of current and density of current. Magnetic interaction. Electricity and magnetism. Magnetic force on a charge in motion: the Lorentz force. Magnetic force on a conductor: second elementary Laplace law. Hall effect. Motion of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field. Mass spectrometer. Velocity selector. Sources of magnetic field. Magnetic field produced by a current: first elementary Laplace law; Ampère-Laplace law. Magnetic field produced by a charge in motion. Biot-Savart law. Ampère law of circuitation. Gauss law. The solenoid. Law of Faraday-Neumann. Law of Lenz. Maxwell’s Equations. Electromagnetic waves. |