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Teacher
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SPADINI SIMONE
(syllabus)
1) Introduction:
- Models, theories, laws, measurements and uncertainties. Units of measurement (International System)
- Scalars, vectors and operations between them
2) Basics of kinematics:
- Vectors position, velocity, acceleration
- Rectilinear motion, decomposition of motion
3) Dynamics
- Newton's Laws
- Applications, friction forces, normal, weight, Hooke's law
- Periodic motions, uniform circular motion, harmonic motion
4) Work and energy
- Definition of work, power
- Conservative forces, potential energy, conservation of mechanical energy
5) Impact and momentum
- Elastic and inelastic impacts
- Conservation of momentum
6) Rotational dynamics
- Moment of inertia
- Rotational kinetic energy
- Angular momentum and its conservation
7) Fluid dynamics
- Statics: pressure, Stevin's law, Pascal's and Archimedes' principles
- Fluid dynamics, Bernoulli's equation
- Surface tension and capillarity
8) Waves
- Wave motion, propagation and wave characteristics
- Reflection interference, superposition and refraction of light
- Sound waves and their characteristics
9) Temperature and kinetic energy
- Thermometric scales and thermal expansion
- Principle 0 of thermodynamics
- Gas law, absolute temperature kinetic theory of gases
10) Heat
- Internal energy and heat transfer
- Changes of state and latent heat
11) Thermodynamics
- First and second principles of thermodynamics
- Thermodynamic transformations, thermal machines
- Definition of entropy
12) Electric field
- Structure of atom, electric charges and Coulomb's law
- Electric field, electric potential and electric potential energy
- Electric capacity
13) Electric current
- Ohm's law, Joule effect, electromotive force and simple circuits
14) Magnetic field
- Magnetic field characteristics, Lorentz force
- Application: mass spectrometer and velocity switch
15) Electromagnetic induction and Faraday's law
- Induced electromotive force, Faraday's law Neumann Henry Lentz
- Notes on time-varying electric and magnetic fields
- Magnetic properties of matter
16) Electromagnetic waves
- Physical meaning of Maxwell's equations
- Electromagnetic waves and their spectra
17) Light, geometric optics
- Reflection and refraction of light
- Approximation of thin lenses and optical instruments
18) wave nature of light
- Interference of electromagnetic waves, diffraction, Huygens' principle
- Diffraction and spectroscopy
(reference books)
‘FISICA con fisica modera’, D. Giancoli, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
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