PHYSICS I E-N
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff: Agata SCORDINO
Credit Value: 9
Scientific field: FIS/01 - Experimental physics
Taught classes: 49 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Credit Value: 9
Scientific field: FIS/01 - Experimental physics
Taught classes: 49 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Detailed Course Content
MECHANICS
Physics and Measurement - Motion in One Dimension – Vectors - Motion in Two Dimensions. The Laws of Motion - Applications of Newton's Laws. Energy of a System - Conservation of Energy. The centre of mass - Linear Momentum - Collisions. Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis - Angular Momentum - Harmonic oscillations - Mechanic oscillations - Damped and forced oscillations.
THERMODYNAMICS
Thermal Equilibrium - Temperature - Heat and Work - Heat Capacities - The First Law of Thermodynamics – The Ideal Gas. Heat Engines – Refrigerators - The Carnot Cycle - The Second Law of Thermodynamics - Reversible and Irreversible Processes - Entropy.
Textbook Information
- MAZZOLDI, NIGRO, VOCI – Elementi di Fisica: Meccanica, Termodinamica (2° edizione) – EdiSES
- FALCIGLIA – Problemi di Fisica I: meccanica e termodinamica - EdiSES