2019/2020

2019/2020

DM270

FIS/01 ()

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

6

48 lesson hours

Italian

 

GIULOTTO ENRICO VIRGILIO - 6 ECTS

The exam can be taken only by students who passed the exam of Mathematics.

Learning and mastering the basic notions of classical physics.

Physical quantities and their measurement. Mechanics. Kinematics of a particle. Newton’s laws. Conservation of momentum. Rectilinear motion: constant velocity and constant acceleration. Sedimentation. Centrifugation. Simple harmonic motion. Kinetic energy and work-kinetic energy theorem. Potential energy and conservation of mechanical energy.

Mechanics of fluids. Equilibrium of a fluid: Pascal’s principle, hydrostatic pressure, Archimedes’ principle. Surface tension and capillarity. Bernoulli’s equation and its applications. Laminar flow and turbulent flow: viscosity, Poiseuille law. Blood flow.

Thermodynamics. Ideal gases. Work in thermodynamics. Heat and temperature. First law of thermodynamics. Heat capacity and specific heat capacity. Phase transitions and latent heats. Diffusion: Fick’s first law. Osmosis: Van’t Hoff’s laws. Second law of thermodynamics and entropy.

Teacher-led lectures and exercises.

F. Borsa, A. Lascialfari, Principi di Fisica, Edises

Other textbooks (English editions available)

J.S. Walker, Fondamenti di Fisica, Pearson

D.C. Giancoli, Fisica, C.E.A.

D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fondamenti di Fisica, C.E.A.

The exam consists of a written part (mainly simple problems) and an oral part. The written part must be passed before the oral part can be taken. Both written and oral exams cover the subjects of the whole course (Part1 + Part 2)