PHYSICS I Cp - I

The educational objective of the course is to provide a comprehensive knowledge of classical mechanics and thermodynamics. The training course to acquire such a result is as follows:

Study of the fundamental laws of classical mechanics of the material point and of a system of material points with particular regard to kinematics, Newton's laws and the principles of conservation.
Study of rigid body dynamics
Study of oscillatory phenomena
Study of fluid mechanics
Study of the laws of thermodynamics and applications to different physical systems.

The approach to the description of the systems and phenomena described above will be experimental and the physical theories will be presented in terms of logical structure and mathematics and experimental evidence. After completing the course, the student will be able to assess similarities and differences between physical systems and methodologies to be applied. The student will have acquired the ability to apply knowledge and understanding through exercises and problem solving.

Mechanics of a particle:

• Kinematics: motion in one, two, three dimensions

• Reference systems and related motions

• laws of dynamics

• force, work, kinetic energy

• momentum and impulse

• conservative forces, potential energy

• conservation theorems

• angular momentum

• moment of a force

Mechanics of particle systems

• center of mass

• conservation of momentum

• conservation of angular momentum

• konig of theorems

• kinetic energy theorem

• elastic and inelastic collisions

Rigid body dynamics

• definition of rigid body

• rotations about a fixed axis

• moment of inertia

• Theorem of Huygens-Steiner

• pure rolling motion

• free rigid body

• static

Gravitation

• law of universal gravitation

• inertial and gravitational mass

• gravitational field

• gravitational potential energy

Oscillations and waves

• harmonic oscillator

• damped harmonic oscillator

• Forced harmonic oscillator

• resonance

Mechanical properties of fluids

• statics of fluids: Stevin's law, Pascal, and Archimedes'

• fluid dynamics

• stationary regime and Bernoulli's theorem

THERMODYNAMICS

• temperature thermometry

• Gas state equation

• work and heat

• First Law of Thermodynamics

• Second Law of Thermodynamics

• entropy

• thermodynamic processes

• phase changes

1) R. Mazzoldi, M. Nigro, C. Voci, Fisica – Vol. I , EdiSES - Napoli (Italia)

2) Halliday, Resnick, Walker, Fundamentals of Physics Vol. I, Wiley

3) FALCIGLIA – Problemi di Fisica I: meccanica e termodinamica - EdiSES