MEDICAL PHYSICS
cod. 03281

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica applicata (a beni culturali, ambientali, biologia e medicina) (FIS/07)
Field
Scienze propedeutiche
Type of training activity
Basic
15 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: BIOSCIENCES

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Course unit content

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<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="datiriga"><strong style="">Physical quantities. </strong>Physical quantities and measurements. Unit systems. Powers of ten and order of magnitude. Scalar and Vector quantities. Properties of vectors. Addition, resolution of a vector in its components, scalar product and vector product. <strong style="">Motion in one dimension</strong>. Displacement, velocity and acceleration. The laws of motion. Graphs. Motion in a circular path. Periodic motion, period and frequency. <strong style="">Forces.</strong> Newton’s laws. Mass and weight. Force of a spring. Friction force. Circular motion and centripetal force. Inclined plane. Force of the rope. Atwood engine. <strong style="">Work and energy</strong>. Work done by a constant force and by a force which varies with position (spring). Kinetic energy, Potential energy. Conservative forces and conservation of energy. Power. <strong style="">Rigid body. </strong>Moment of a force. Static equilibrium of a rigid body. Center of gravity. Two necessary conditions of equilibrium. Levers. Types of levers. Levers of the human body. <strong style="">Deformation of solids </strong><span style=""> </span>Stress and strain. Young law. Stress vs. strain graphs for a solid and for a bone of the human body. The muscular stress. </span></p>

Full programme

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Bibliography

E. Ragozzino-"Elementi di Fisica"-EdiSES

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