APPLIED PHYSICS

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

TP21B1B

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Basic

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in ENVIRONMENT AND WORKPLACE PREVENTION TECHNIQUES

Disciplinary Sector:

Applied Physics (Cultural Heritage, Environment, Biology and Medicine)

Is part of:

APPLIED PHYSICS

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ZAPPASODI Filippo

Cycle:

First semester

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

No specific prerequisites are required, but a medium preparation at secondary school level in mathematics.

Objectives

At the end of this course the student should have become familiar with the basic notions and concepts of classical physics, (mechanics and thermodynamics), with the laws of physics regulating the behavior and evolution of macroscopic systems, with the classical physics method, based on dialectics between theory and experiment.
Moreover, the student should have acquired the ability to solve simple problems in classical physics, i.e. calculating physical quantities related to a system or predicting the evolution of a system.
Finally, the student should have acquired the ability to develop the ability to elaborate and use what has been acquired in the course in the context of different applicative disciplines.

Contents

1) Introduction
2) Particle point mechanics
3) Fluid mechanics
4) Thermodynamics
5) Radioactive decay

Extended Syllabus

INTRODUCTION
1) Physical quantities, measurement, scalar and vectorial quantities, measure units, base units, errors.

MECHANICS
1) Kinematics: position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, trajectory, linear motion, two-dimensional motion: projectile motion.
2) Dynamics: mass, Newton’s laws, forces (gravitational force, electric force, elastic force, molecular forces, friction).
3) Work, work and kinetic energy, conservative forces, potential energy, mechanical energy conservation. nonconservative forces and energy.
4) Momentum, systems of particles, conservation of momentum, Inelastic and elastic collisions.

FLUID MECHANICS
1) Fluid statics: pressure, hydrostatic pressure. Pascal’s law. Archimedes’ Principle.
2) Fluid dynamics: flow, continuity equation. Bernoulli’s equation. Laminar flow. Viscosity.

THERMODYNAMICS
Thermodynamic system. Heating, cooling, and temperature. Ideal Gases. First law of thermodynamics.
Engines. Second law of thermodynamics.

RADIOACTIVE DECAY
Radioactive decay; Alpha decay; Beta decay; Gamma decay. Decay constant. Nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion. Effects of ratiation on living tissues. Measuring radiation dosage: dosimetry.

Recommended Bibliography

Fisica, Giancoli, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

Teaching Methods

The course is structured in 40 hours of frontal teaching,.divided into 2 hours lessons according to the academic calendar. The frontal teaching consists of theoretical lessons and examples of practical applications.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The student preparation will be verified with a written test and an oral exam.

The written test lasts 2 hours and consists of 3 exercises (2 problems of the APPLIED PHYSICS module and 1 of Electromagnetism). It aims to verify the ability to solve simple problems in classical physics.
The written and oral parts will be carried out on different days, to allow the teacher to evaluate the written test with a score between 0 and 30 (20 for Applied Physics and 10 for Electromagnetism). It is possible to take the oral part having obtained at least 15 points to the written one.
The oral exam aims to verify the knowledge and understanding of arguments covered during the course and present in the programs.
The oral part can add up to 6 points to the written one.

Contacts/More Information

Support activities: hours of practice (exercises) can be provided during the course.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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