Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic discipline
FIS/01 (EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE
Course
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (30/09/2019 - 20/01/2020)
Lesson hours
53 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
Those required for admission and for understanding basic notions of Calculus, Geometry and Algebra.
Learning outcomes
The basic concepts of kinematics, dynamics of point masses and particle systems will be introduced in the first semester; the second semester deals with rigid bodies dynamics and statics, as well as thermodynamics. Students will be trained to problem solving with simple applicative exercises. The course emphasizes the importance of understanding basic principles, and encourages the students to affine their analytic and algebraic techniques for solving the proposed exercises.
Course contents
Modulo A (first semester) Units and dimensions. Vectors. Kinematics. Forces and Newton’s laws. Work and energy. Angular momentum. Particles systems, momentum and collisions. Introduction to rigid body, basics of statics.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 33
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 20
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
- Serway Jewett. Fisica per Scienze ed Ingegneria - Vol. 1 (4a edizione). EdiSES.
- Halliday Resnick Walker, "Fondamenti di Fisica", Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Alonso Finn, "Fisica / Corso per l'Università", Masson Appunti delle lezioni (mod. A) (A. Agnesi)
A. Agnesi. Appunti delle lezioni (mod. A) - available online on the webpage www.unipv.it/fis/fisica1_ca/index.html
Assessment methods
Exam consists in both a written and oral test. The minimum mark for admission to the oral part of the exam is 15/30. The final mark is determined by both the oral and written tests. At the end of the first semester (Module A), only for the student of the degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, it is possible to sustain a partial written exam. In case of a positive mark, at the end of the second semester (module B) it is possible to sustain a second partial written exam. Ia a minimum mark of 15/30 is achieved after the two partial exams, the student can be directly admitted to the final oral examination.
Further information
Detailed informations about the course, notes and handouts regarding lectures and exercises and the old exams with solutions are on-line for the students enrolled in the Degree in Civile and Environmental Engineering at the url http://www.unipv.it/fis/fisica1_ca. The students enrolled in the "Edile-Architettura" Engineering course, find the same material at the url http://www.unipv.it/fis/fisica_generale
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