PHYSICS
Stampa
Enrollment year
2016/2017
Academic year
2016/2017
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
FIS/07 (APPLIED PHYSICS (CULTURAL HERITAGE, ENVIRONMENT, BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE))
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NEUROSCIENCE, EXPERIMENTAL AND FORENSIC MEDICINE
Course
ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE PREVENTION TECHNIQUES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
(03/10/2016 - 13/01/2017)
ECTS
2
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Language
Italian, English-friendly
Activity type
ORAL TEST
Teacher
Prerequisites
Basic concepts of mathematics.
Learning outcomes
Learning of concepts and basic phenomena of physics, in particular with application to life sciences.
Course contents
Physical magnitudes, definition and measurement. Unit of measure. Vector and scalar magnitudes. Mechanics. Cinematic. Laws of motion. Force and fields of force. The gravitational field. Mass, weight and density. Work, energy and power. Kinetic energy and theorem of kinetic energy. Conservative fields. Potential energy and conservation of the mechanical energy. The fluid mechanics. Viscous and non viscous fluids. The Bernoulli law. Laminar and turbulent motion. Fluid pressure. Temperature and thermometric scales. Heat and specific heat. Prefect and real gases. The thermodynamics principles. Mechanisms of heat transmission. Interfaces and membranes. The diffusion. Electromagnetic phenomena. The waves: description and characteristics. The electromagnetic waves. Elements of optics. Matter and radiations.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Reccomended or required readings
F. Borsa, G. Introzzi, D. Scannicchio, Elementi di fisica – per diplomi indirizzo medico biologico, (Unicopli, Milano, 1997).
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030