| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Thermodynamics |
Internal energy and work. Many bodies systems: work, heat and energy balance. First law of thermodynamics. Specific processes. Thermal capacity. Reversible and irreversible transformations. Entropy and heat. Efficiency of a thermal machine. Second law of thermodynamics. |
6
|
| Force fields (gravitational and electrostatic) |
Gauss Theorem. Gravitational field. Gravitational potential energy. Kepler's laws. Electrostatic interaction, electrical charge and Coulomb's law. Quantization and conservation of the charge. Electrostatic field and force lines. Electrostatic fields of various charge distributions. Flux of the electrostatic field and Gauss law. Determination of the electrostatic field produced by highly symmetric charge distribution using Gauss law. Properties of an isolated charged conductor. Potential energy and electrostatic potential. Relations between potential and electrostatic field. Potential of various charged distributions. Potential and charged conductor. |
18
|
| Capacitors and dielectrics |
Electrostatic capacity for different geometry capacitors. Electrostatic field energy. Capacitors with dielectric. Polarization of a dielectric and electrical displacement vector. |
6
|
| Electrical current, resistance and circuits |
Electrical current, current intensity and current density. Resistance, resistivity and Ohm'law. Parallel and serial combination of resistances. Power dissipated in a resistance. One loop circuits. Charge and discharge of a RC circuit. |
4
|
| Magnetostatics |
Magnetic field and magnetic force on a moving charge. Magnetic effects on currents and magnetic dipoles. Magnetic field generated from a current. Ampère's law. Magnetic field of a finite and infinite solenoid. |
6
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
40 |
| for exercises only |
13 |
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
|
| Tutorials / Seminars |
|
| Workshops |
|
| Guided tours |
|
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
0 |
| Total hours |
40
|