PHYSICS - PART 1 (SURNAMES L-Z)
Stampa
Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic year
2021/2022
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
FIS/01 ()
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY "LAZZARO SPALLANZANI"
Course
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
 
Teacher
Prerequisites
The exam can be taken only by students who passed the exam of Mathematics.
Learning outcomes
Learning and mastering the basic notions of classical physics.
Course contents

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.
Teaching methods
Teacher-led lectures and exercises.
Reccomended or required readings
F. Borsa, A. Lascialfari, A.M. Gueli, 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.
Assessment methods
The exam consists of a written test. The test consists of simple problems and open-ended questions and covers the subjects of the whole course (Part1 + Part 2).
Further information
The educational offer is completed by a tutorial project.
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