APPLIED PHYSICS
cod. 12878

Academic year 2007/08
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisica applicata (a beni culturali, ambientali, biologia e medicina) (FIS/07)
Field
Discipline applicate agli studi medico-veterinari
Type of training activity
Basic
27 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: -
course unit
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Integrated course unit module: APPLIED PHYSICS

Learning objectives

The educational goal of the course is to provide basic preparatory training for other subjects such as chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, biomechanics etc. Additionally, the student is expected to learn the theoretical fundamentals of technologies that are becoming increasingly more widespread in basic research and in diagnostic practices such as electrophoresis, centrifugation, nuclear magnetic resonance, ultrasound scanning, fiber optics for endoscopies, microscopy, laser, radiological apparatuses etc.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

"PHYSICAL SIZES, DIMENSIONS, UNITS OF MEASURE. KINEMATICS. THE PRINCIPLES OF DYNAMICS; ENERGY, WORK AND POWER; LEVERS AND MOVEMENT. ELASTICITY OF BLOOD VESSELS AND BONES: PRESSURE IN A FLUID AND THE PRINCIPLES OF FLUID STATICS. SURFACE TENSION, CAPILLARITY, GAS EMBOLISM. FLUID DYNAMICS: STATIONARY, LAMINAR AND TURBULENT MOTION. TEMPERATURE AND HEAT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; HEAT PROPAGATION; THE FIRST AND SECOND PRINCIPLES OF THERMODYNAMICS. OVERVIEW OF THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; PERFECT AND REAL GAS EQUATIONS OF STATE . ELECTRIC CHARGE AND COULOMB’S LAW; ELECTRIC FIELD AND ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM. INTENSITY OF CURRENT AND OHM’S LAWS; THERMAL EFFECT OF CURRENT; EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ON LIVING ORGANISMS. ALTERNATE CURRENTS. DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS OF SOUNDS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ULTRASOUND. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES X RAYS. OVERVIEW OF COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY AND NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE. ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA RADIATIONS: PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; OVERVIEW OF RADIOPROTECTION. OVERVIEW OF LASER RADIATION. REFLECTION AND REFRACTION; TOTAL REFLECTION AND FIBER OPTICS. DIOPTERS. MICROSCOPES. "

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />M. Celasco. LINEAMENTI DI FISICA. E.C.I.G. Ed.<br />F. Borsa, G.L. Introzzi, D. Scannicchio. ELEMENTI DI FISICA PER DIPLOMI DI INDIRIZZI MEDICO BIOLOGICO. Unicopli Ed.<br />F. Borsa, D. Scannicchio. FISICA CON APPLICAZIONI IN BIOLOGIA E IN MEDICINA. Unicopli Ed.

Teaching methods

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Other information

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