Faculty Ingegneria
Bachelor Mechanical Engineering (La Spezia) Year/Semester 2012-2013/ I and II semester
Course Title General Physics
ID Course Code 56987 (56988 and 56989) Course Credits (CFU) 12
Scientific-Disciplinary Sector FIS/01
Course Type Mono-disciplinary course
Lecturer-in-charge Gianangelo Bracco
Learning Outcomes:
The course provides the main concepts both of classical mechanics and of electromagnetism in vacuum.
Modelling as well as conservation principles as tools for problem solving are emphasized.
Course Organisation Details
Mechanics of the material point: Kinematics. Newton’s laws. Work. Mechanical energy. Linear momentum.
Angular momentum. Conservation’s laws.
Mechanics of systems: Center of mass. Linear momentum and its conservation. Angular momentum and its conservation. Rigid body: rotation about a fixed axis, work and kinetic energy, moment of inertia.
Electrostatic and currents: Electric field (in empty space). Gauss law. Electric potential. Capacitors. Electric currents. Ohm’s law. Joule’s law. RC circuits.
Magnetostatic and electromagnetic induction: Magnetic field (in empty space). Force on moving charges.
Ampère’s law. Faraday’s law. Self inductance. LR circuits.
Assessment hours
Lectures 100
Practice 20
Laboratory
Integrative activities
References
D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fondamenti di Fisica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano;
W.E. Gettys, F.J. Keller, M.J. Skove, Fisica classica e moderna, Mc Graw Hill, Italia;
Serway & Jewett, Principi di Fisica, EdiSES, Italia.
Organization and examinations
Subjects are outlined in lectures, solution of tests, exercises and problems further clarifies the arguments.
The final examination consists of a written session and of an oral session.
Pre-requisites
The experimental method as well as the most fundamental and derived physical quantities are assumed to be known together with the basic concepts and rules of geometry and vector algebra.
