Unit ENVIRONMENTAL APPLIED PHYSICS
- Course
- Building engineering and architecture
- Study-unit Code
- A001129
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Claudia Fabiani
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
APPLIED PHYSICS
| Code | A001130 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Claudia Fabiani |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Base |
| Area | Discipline fisico-tecniche ed impiantistiche per l'architettura |
| Academic discipline | ING-IND/11 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Language of instruction | Italian (available teaching material in English if needed by international students) |
| Contents | Knowledge and technical-quantitative capacity on the following topics: Energy, energy transfer and energy analysis. Pure substances. Closed systems. Control volumes and mass conservation. Second law of thermodynamics. Entropy. Mixtures of gas and steam, atmospheric air. Heat transmission: conduction, convection and radiation. |
| Reference texts | Notes curated by the lecturer and freely distributed to scholars, plus integration in the book Fisica tecnica ambientale, con elementi di Acustica e illuminotecnica – McGrawHill – Y. Cengel, G. Dall’ò, L. Sarto |
| Educational objectives | Knowledge and technical-quantitative capacity on the following topics: Energy, energy transfer and energy analysis. Pure substances. Closed systems. Control volumes and mass conservation. Second law of thermodynamics. Entropy. Mixtures of gas and steam, atmospheric air. Heat transmission: conduction, convection and radiation. |
| Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of maths and classic physics. |
| Teaching methods | Class lessons and exercises for applied problems |
| Other information | Availability of the lecturer by email and by appointment (on Teams or in person) |
| Learning verification modality | Written and oral exam. Application laboratory to be performed in groups. |
| Extended program | 1. Thermodynamics: Basic concepts and definitions. 2. The First Principle of Thermodynamics. 3. The Second Principle of Thermodynamics. Reversible and irreversible processes. 4. Open Systems (mass balance, energy, entropy). 5. Single-component simple systems and diagram (p, v). Liquids. 6. Saturated vapors. 7. Overheated vapors. 8. Ideal gases. 9. Real gases. 10. Thermodynamic diagrams (T, s), (h, s), (ph) and (T, h). 11. Steam power cycles. Refrigerator cycle. 12. Motion of compressible fluids. 15. Gas mixtures. 16. Perfect gas mixtures. 17. Foundations of psychrometry. 18. Heat exchange by conduction. Fourier's law. Fourier equation. 19. The heat exchange by convection. Natural convection. Forced convection. 20. Radiative heat exchange. 21. The global heat transfer coefficient. 22. The heat exchangers. The average logarithmic temperature. 23. Thermohygrometric comfort: thermohygrometric balance of the human body; the indices of comfort (direct, derivative and empirical). 24. Causes of local discomfort. 25. Comfort diagrams and normative references. 26. Indoor air quality: main pollutants; sick building syndrome; filtration systems. |
MICROCLIMATE, LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND ACOUSTICS
| Code | A001131 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Claudia Fabiani |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Academic discipline | ING-IND/11 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |