PHYSICS

Academic year
2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
PHYSICS
Course code
FOY14 (AF:494252 AR:274733)
Modality
Online
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Corso di Formazione (DM270)
Educational sector code
NN
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
Moodle
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This course aims to provide basic knowledge in physics and to give a firm understanding of its fundamentals. It is structured to bring all students to a level suitable for subsequent university courses.
The students will be able to understand the base principle of physics and to apply them to solve simple problems. They will know how to apply the scientific method and mathematic to interpret simple physical phenomena.
Basic mathematical knowledge from high school including understanding of a function, derivatives and integrals.
Unit 1 - Introduction (2 hours)
Introduction to the course and its contextualization within the Degree Course
International system of units of measurement
Reference system.

Unit 2 - Material Point Kinematics (6 hours)
Position, speed, acceleration
Uniform rectilinear, uniformly accelerated rectilinear, circular motion
Motion in the plane
Radial and transverse velocity, tangential and centripetal acceleration
Velocity and angular acceleration.

Unit 3 - Dynamics of the Material Point (8 hours)
Concepts of force and (inertial) mass
Newton's laws
Force classification
Weight force, constraint reactions
Static, dynamic, viscous friction
Elastic forces in one dimension
Simple harmonic motion
Work of a force
Kinetic energy and kinetic energy theorem
Power of a force
Potential energy
Conservative systems: mechanical energy and its conservation

Unit 4 - Dynamics of Material Points Systems (8 hours)
Definition of center of mass
Center of mass motion theorem
Momentum and conservation of momentum
Moment of a force
The rigid body, moment of inertia
Translational motion and rotational motion
Static equilibrium of rigid bodies, cardinal equations of statics.

Unit 5 - Fluid Mechanics (5 hours)
Density, pressure
Stevin's law
Pascal's principle
Communicating vessels and the hydraulic jack
Mercury barometer
Archimedes' principle
Motion of a fluid: Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions
The ideal fluids
Bernoulli's theorem and Venturi tube

Unit 6 – Thermodynamics (6 hours)
Heat and temperature
Temperature scales
Heat capacity, specific heat
Internal energy
Laws of thermodynamics


The Feynman Lectures on Physics
There will be a mid-course exam and a final exam, both written. Final evaluation will be composed by attendance (20%), mid-course exam (30%) and final exam (50%).
The course will feature frontal lectures and exercises.
English
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Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 19/12/2023