APPLIED PHYSICS (CULTURAL HERITAGE
cod. 15414

Academic year 2009/10
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
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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Integrated course unit module: PROPAEDEUTIC SCIENCES I

Learning objectives

Knowledge of the physical laws and phenomena at the basis of instrumental measurements as well as of the concepts of dimensions, units and physical magnitudes.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

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INTRODUCTION: physical magnitudes and their measurement; dimensions, units of measure. <br />
Kinematics in one dimension: velocity and acceleration; motion with constant acceleration. <br />
Kinematics in two dimensions: scalars and vectors; projectile motion. <br />
Dynamics: Newton's three laws; weight and normal force; friction; inclined plane. <br />
Circular motion: kinetics and dynamics of uniform circular motion; centrifugation; artificial satellites.Work and energy: work; kinetic energy and work-energy principle; potential energy; conservative forces; energy transformations and energy conservation. <br />
Momentum: Momentum and its conservation; elastic and inelastic collisions; centre of mass and barycentre; translational motion. <br />
Rotation: angular quantities; kinematics of a uniformly accelerated rotation; rolling motion; twisting moment; rotational dynamics; rotational kinetic energy; conservation of the angular moment. <br />
Fluids: density and specific weight; pressure in fluids; Pascal's principle; Archimedes' principle; Bernoulli's principle; viscosity and Poiseuille's law; surface tension and capillarity. <br />
Vibrations and waves: simple harmonic motion; energy of simple harmonic motion; pendulum; damped harmonic motion; forced vibrations and resonance; wave motions; energy carried by waves; reflection and interference; refraction and diffraction. <br />
Sound: characteristics of sound; acoustic impedance; loudness; noise and colour of sound; interference and beats; Doppler effect; resonance. <br />
Temperature and heat: temperature and thermometers; zero principle of thermodynamics; perfect gas law; Avogadro's number; diffusion; internal energy of ideal gas; calorimetry; heat transmission. <br />
Thermodynamics: first principle of thermodynamics; second principle of thermodynamics; thermal machines; entropy. <br />
Electromagnetism: atoms and molecules; electric field and conductors; electric potential and electric field; electrical capacity; electric currents; electrical resistance; electric power; magnetic poles; magnetic field; electromotive force; currents in magnetic field. <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />Fisica di D.C.Giancoli, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana <br />Fondamenti di Fisica di D.Halliday et al., Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

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