Lectures and exercises |
hours |
Topics |
Specific contents |
|
Fluids |
Volumic mass and pressure. Fluids at rest and Pascal and Archimede principles. Fluid motion. Continuity and Bernoulli equations. Breaf introduction on viscous fluids and superficial tension. |
4
|
Thermodynamics |
Internal energy and work. Many particles systems: work, heat and energetic balance. First law of thermodynamics. Special transformations. Thermal capacity. Reversible and irreversible processes. Entropy and heat. Efficiency of a thermal machine. Second law of thermodynamics. |
6
|
Force fields (gravitation and electrostatics) |
Gravitational field, Gauss law and gravitational potential energy. Kepler laws. Electrostatic interactions, electric charge and Coulomb's law. Quantization and conservation of the electric charge. Field lines of the electrostatic field. Electrostatic field of some charge distributions. Flux of the electrostatic field and Gauss law. Electrostatic field of charge distributions with high simmetry. Properties of an isolated conductor. Potential energy and electrostatic potential. Interrelations between electrostatic potential and electrostatic field. Potentials of some charge distributions. Potential and charged conductor. |
18
|
Capacitors and dielectrics |
Electric capacity and its calculation for capacitors with different geometries. Energy of the electrostatic field. Capacitors with a dielectric. Polarization of a dielectric and the electric displacement vector. |
6
|
Currents, electric resistence and circuits |
Electric current, intensity and current density. Electric resistence, resistivity and Ohm’s law. Combinations of resistors. Dissipated energy in a resistor: dissipated power. Single ring circuits. Charge and discharge of an RC circuit. |
4
|
Magnetostatics |
Magnetic field and magnetic force on a moving charge. Magnetic actions on currents and magnetic dipoles. Magnetic field produced by a current. Ampere’s law. Solenoids and inductance (self-induction coefficient). |
6
|
Total hours for lectures and exercises |
44 |
for exercises only |
13 |
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
Labs |
6 |
Tutorials / Seminars |
0 |
Workshops |
0 |
Guided tours |
0 |
|
|
Total hours for further educational activities |
6 |
Total hours |
50
|