Physics 1 B
Code
3082
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Física
Credits
9.0
Teacher in charge
Célia Maria Reis Henriques, Mário António Basto Forjaz Secca
Weekly hours
6
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
By the end of the course the student should have acquired the skills to:
- Address physical problems in its practical context
- Use appropriate physical quantities to describe properties, states, interactions and events
- Formulate physics'' problems in mathematical language applied to physical quantities
- Recognize the usefulness of mathematical tools and models in solving physics'' problems
- Analyze and solve problems in the context of mechanics (translation and rotation of bodies)
- Associate movements under the action of forces to transferences of energy
- Analyze and solve problems in the context of thermodynamics
Subject matter
Part 1: Introduction
1.1 Units, physical quantities and vectors
Part 2: Mechanics
2.1 Montion in a straight line
2.2 Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions.
2.3 Newton''''s laws of motion
2.4 Applications of Newton''''s laws
2.5 Work and kinetic energy
2.6 Potential energy and energy conservation
2.7 Linear momentum, Impulse, Collisions
2.8 Rigid body rotation
2.9 Dynamics of rotational motion
2.10 Equilibium and elasticity
2.11 Periodic motion
Part 3: Thermodynamics
3.1 Temperature and Heat
3.2 Thermal properties of matter
3.3 First law of Thermodynamics
3.4 Second law of Thermodynamics
Bibliography
1- "University Physics", 11ª ed., Hugh Young e Roger Freedman, Pearson/Addison Wesley, 2004 (QC 21.3 Y). This is the main textbook.
2- "Fundamentals of Physics", Halliday, Resnick e Walker, 6ª ed., Wiley, 2001 (QC 21.2 HAL). Yet another alternative to the main textbook.
3- “Physics With Illustrative Examples From Medicine and Biology: Mechanics ” 2ª ed., George B. Benedek e Felix M. H. Villars, Springer-Verlag, 2000 (QC 23 BEN). This is an excellent book, more advanced than Young and Freedman''''s University Physics, with many examples of applications to Biology and Medicine.
4 - “Physics for Scientists and Engineers”, 4ª ed., Paul A. Tipler, W.H. Freeman and Company, 1999 (QC 21.2 TIP). Another alternative to the main textbook.
Teaching method
The lectures formally address practical problems and include the discussion of demonstrations performed live or seen in films. Problem-solving classes will provide additional training. Support to student''s individual work will be possible in opening hours.
In practical classes students, in groups of 2, conduct experiments following a protocol. Metrology methods presented on a handbook will be applied. Software for data acquisition and manipulation will be used. Classification is based on a group report, on the treatment of experimental data made individualy and on an oral discussion of the experiments performed.
The ratings obtained in the practical evaluation and 3 summative tests for evaluation of problem solving skills will be taken into account to the final grade. There will be an extra exame for evaluation of the problem solving skills.