Unit APPLIED PHYSICS AND BIOMECHANICAL ELEMENTS
- Course
- Exercise and sport science
- Study-unit Code
- A001861
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Andrea Biscarini
- Teachers
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- Andrea Biscarini
- Sara Palmerini
- Hours
- 40 ore - Andrea Biscarini
- 2 ore - Sara Palmerini
- CFU
- 5
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Discipline biomediche
- Academic discipline
- FIS/07
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Physical quantities and vector algebra.
Point mass and rigid body mechanics.
Musculo-skeletal biomechanics.
Fluid mechanics, blood circulation.
Elatic waves, human ear, ultrasounds in medicine.
Thermodynamics, thermoregulation of human body.
Electromagnetism, radiations in medicine. - Reference texts
- D. Scannicchio. "Fisica biomedica". Edises (2013).
Slides projected and downloadable from the UniStudium platform. - Educational objectives
- Knowledge and understanding of the fundamental laws and principles of mechanics (of point mass, point mass systems, rigid body, and fluids), thermodynamics and electromagnetism.
Ability to use the acquired theoretical knowledge for handling with methodological rigor the physical problems that arise in the science of human movement and physical exercise.
Ability to relate to a problem with a logical, critical, and creative attitude, identifying the physical principles that underlie the problem. - Prerequisites
- Necessary prerequisites: basic knowledge of algebra.
Important prerequisites: basic knowledge of trigonometry.
Useful prerequisites: basic knowledge of mathematical analysis. - Teaching methods
- Face-to-face lectures on all subjects of the course.
- Other information
- None.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists of a single computer-based written test. The examination is aimed at assessing the degree of knowledge and understanding, and the ability to apply the acquired competences to the field of kinesiology and sport science. The written test lasts 35 minutes and consists of 35 closed-answer questions. For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or SLD, visit the page http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
- Extended program
- 1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1 - Physics, physical quantities, systems of units of measurement.
1.2 - Elementary vector algebra.
2 - POINT MASS AND RIGID BODY MECHANICS
2.1 - Point mass kinematics.
2.2 - Point mass dynamics and statics.
2.3 - Work and energy.
2.4 - Mechanics of point mass systems and rigid bodies.
2.5 - Levers, and anatomical levers.
2.5 - Biomechanics of the musculo-skeletal system.
3 - FLUID MECHANICS
3.1 - States of matter. Elasiticy. Fluids.
3.2 - Fluid statics.
3.3 - Fluid dynamics and blood circulation.
4 - ELASIC WAVES
4.1 - Waves in elastic media.
4.2 - Sound and human ear.
4.3 - Ultrasounds in medicine.
5 - THERMOLOGY
5.1 - Calorimetry.
5.2 - Thermoregulation of human body.
5.3 - Thermodynamics.
6 - ELECTROMAGNETISM
6.1 - Electic and magnetic interactions.
6.2 - Electromagnetic waves.
6.3 - Radiations in medicine. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile