Unit PHYSICS

Course
Engineering management
Study-unit Code
A002908
Curriculum
In all curricula
CFU
12
Course Regulation
Coorte 2024
Offered
2024/25
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

PHYSICS I

Code A002909
CFU 6
Teacher Valentina Mariani
Teachers
  • Igor Neri (Codocenza)
  • Valentina Mariani
Hours
  • 33 ore (Codocenza) - Igor Neri
  • 21 ore - Valentina Mariani
Learning activities Base
Area Fisica e chimica
Academic discipline FIS/01
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction English
Contents Measurement, errors and Vectors
Motion in one dimension
Motion in two and three dimensions
Newton’s laws
Work and kinetic energy
Conservation of Energy
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Rotation and Angular momentum
Gravity
Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
Fluids
Harmonic Motion
Thermodynamics
Reference texts Physics for Scientists and Engineers: With Modern Physics by Tipler, Paul A.; Mosca, Gene

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Educational objectives Knowledge of the physical laws of mechanics, thermodynamics.
Capability of solving problems concerning mechanics, thermodynamics.
Prerequisites Good skills in algebra, geometry, trigonometry are required, as well a basic knowledge of the differential calculus
Teaching methods The course consists of face-to-face lectures on all subjects
Learning verification modality Written test with exercises and theory questions on first module subjects.
Extended program MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION: Displacement, Velocity, and Speed; Acceleration; Motion with Constant Acceleration;

MOTION IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS: Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration; Projectile Motion; Circular Motion

NEWTON’S LAWS: Newton’s First Law: The Law of Inertia; Force and Mass; Newton’s Second Law; Weight; Solids, Springs, and Strings; Newton’s Third Law; Friction; Drag Forces; Motion Along a Curved Path

WORK AND KINETIC ENERGY: Work Done by a Constant Force; Work Done by a Variable Force; Work–Kinetic-Energy Theorem;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY: Potential Energy; The Conservation of Mechanical Energy; The Conservation of Energy; Mass and Energy; Quantization of Energy

CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM: Conservation of Linear Momentum; Kinetic Energy of a System; Collisions

ROTATION AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM: Rotational Kinematics; Rotational Kinetic Energy; Calculating the Moment of Inertia; Newton’s Second Law for Rotation; Rolling Objects; Torque and Angular Momentum; Conservation of Angular Momentum

GRAVITY: Kepler’s Laws; Newton’s Law of Gravity; Gravitational Potential Energy; The Gravitational Field

STATIC EQUILIBRIUM AND ELASTICITY: Conditions for Equilibrium; The Center of Gravity; Stability of Rotational Equilibrium; Stress and Strain

FLUIDS; Density; Pressure in a Fluid; Buoyancy and Archimedes’ Principle; Fluids in Motion

OSCILLATIONS: Simple Harmonic Motion; Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion; Damped Oscillations; Driven Oscillations and Resonance

THERMODYNAMICS: Thermal Equilibrium and Temperature; The Ideal-Gas Law; The Kinetic Theory of Gases; Heat Capacity and Specific Heat; First Law of Thermodynamics; The Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas; Heat Capacities; Second Law
of Thermodynamics; Irreversibility, Disorder, and Entropy; Thermal properties and processes

PHYSICS II

Code A002910
CFU 6
Teacher Alessandra Luchini
Learning activities Base
Area Fisica e chimica
Academic discipline FIS/01
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
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