GENERAL PHYSICS I WITH EXERCISES
Academic year2016/17
CourseCHEMISTRY
Code005BB
Credits9
PeriodSemester 1 & 2
LanguageItalian
| Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) |
| FISICA GENERALE I + ESERCITAZIONI | FIS/01 | LEZIONI | 74 | |
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Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will be able to use Galileo's scientific method. He/she will analyze a physical phenomenon, guess what is the correct physical law it must obey, write it down in mathematical form and finally solve it.
He/she will be able to carefully represent any problem in geometrical form and to provide plots of the most relevant physical quantities involved.
He/she will be able to describe the problem and the results with clear, precise, well chosen words and well defined symbols, making reference to the drawings and plots.
He/she will avoid using a rhetorical style since it is totally inappropriate in science.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
Students are strongly advised to actively participate in all lectures in order to learn how problems are approached and solved using Galileo's scientific method.
Great importance is attached to the written exams, both the final (mandatory) one and the (strongly recommended) intermediate ones.
The organization of the solution, the ability to follow the proposed steps with clear cut sentences, the capacity of presenting clear figures and plots of the relevant physical quantities (with their correct dimensions) will be highly appreciated.
In the oral exam the students should answer in real time questions concerning general issues and/or specific problems/applications without consulting any textbook or using a calculator. Evidence of mastering the subject in this situation will improve the results obtained in the written exam(s). However, any weakness in basic issues may jeopardize those results. Methods:
- Final oral exam
- Final written exam
- Periodic written tests
Further information:
There are 3 written exams during the semester as the course proceeds and 1 final written exam. Neither of them is based on multiple choice tests or quizzes.
The students are given a full physics problem on the topics covered in the course. The problem is presented in detail with text and figures. Intermediate questions guide the student to the complete solution through a number steps which allow the teacher to assess the level of understanding he/she has achieved.
Unlike the final written exam the previous 3 are not mandatory but highly recommended.
The student has 2 hours, can use a calculator and consult textbooks but should not have no access to internet.
Teaching methods
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
- attending lectures
- preparation of oral/written report
- participation in discussions
- individual study
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
- Lectures
- Task-based learning/problem-based learning/inquiry-based learning
Syllabus
Physical quantities, dimensions and units.
Reference frames, vectors, coordinates and coordinate transformations.
The fundamental laws of Newton's dynamics. Equations of motion, time evolution and orbit. Work and energy. Inertial and non inertial reference frames; inertial forces. The Earth as a non inertial frame.
Newton's law of gravity and the equivalence principle. Motion of a projectile. Motion of planets and satellites.
The pendulum. Focault's pendulum. The forced and damped harmonic oscillator with complex numbers.
The rigid body, degrees of freedom and Euler's angles. Moments of inertia and inertia tensor. Newton's cardinal law. Euler's equations. Free precession of the Earth as a rigid body. Forced precession.
Bibliography
The students can use either one of the two following books:
- D. Halliday, R. Resnick, K. Krane: Fisica I (available also in English)
- C. Mencuccini, V. Silvestrini: Fisica 1
A textbook of higher level is recommended for deeper understanding:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol I
Updated: 14/11/2016 17:27
