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FY519: Understanding elementary physics (5 ECTS)

STADS: 07004601

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.
2nd quarter

Teacher responsible
Email: mlomholt@memphys.sdu.dk

Additional teachers
paolo.sibani@ifk.sdu.dk
svt@ifk.sdu.dk
vvp@ifk.sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 10-12 U55 45-48
Common I Monday 10-12 U37 49
Common I Tuesday 10-12 U55 45-48
Common I Tuesday 10-12 U140 49
Common I Wednesday 08-10 U37 49
Common I Wednesday 12-14 U55 51
Common I Thursday 10-12 U55 50
S9 TE Monday 12-14 U144 51
S9 TE Wednesday 10-12 U144 45-51
S9 TL Thursday 08-12 IFK 49
S9 TL Friday 08-12 IFK 50
S10 TE Tuesday 08-10 U144 51
S10 TE Wednesday 14-16 U66 51
S10 TE Thursday 14-16 U49d 45-50
S10 TL Saturday 09-13 IFK 49-50
S11 TL Monday 08-12 IFK 50-51
S11 TE Tuesday 10-12 U10 51
S11 TE Wednesday 08-10 U70 51
S11 TE Friday 08-10 U10 45-50
S12 TE Tuesday 12-14 U27a 51
S12 TL Wednesday 08-12 IFK 50-51
S12 TE Wednesday 14-16 U48 51
S12 TE Friday 12-14 U49c 45-50
S13 TL Tuesday 08-12 IFK 50-51
S13 TE Tuesday 12-14 U144 51
S13 TE Wednesday 10-12 U48 51
S13 TE Friday 10-12 U49c 45,47,49
S13 TE Friday 10-12 U26 46
S13 TE Friday 10-12 U145 48
S13 TE Friday 10-12 U26a 50
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
None

Course introduction
The course aims at giving the students knowledge of how basic physics works, an ability to set up and solve simple physical models and to perform and interpret simple experiments.

Expected learning outcome
After completing the course, a student will expectedly be able to

  • identify the physical principles needed to solve specific problems
  • apply the mathematical tools required for their solutions
  • assess the quality of the results obtained
  • perform and interpret simple measurements related to the course syllabus.
Subject overview
1. Fundamental mechanics: Newton's laws, conservation laws.
2. Applications: Hookes law, harmonic motion, resonance, gravitation and planetary orbits. Contact and frictional forces.
3. Waves: Wave length, frequency and energy of waves, light and sound waves.
4. Modern physics: two hrs. lecture on modern applications and implications of physics.
5. Experiment 1: 4 hrs.
6. Experiment 2: 4 hrs.

Literature
  • Compiled by Paolo Sibani: Understanding Basic Physics , (A Pearson Custom Publication compiled from Essential University Physics, Volume 1, by R. Wolfson), Pearson, 2009.
  • Vejledning til Lab. Øvelser, hentes på Blackboard.


Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
(a) Laboratory exercises evaluated continuously and with two written reports. Evaluated jointly with internal evaluation by the teacher. Pass/fail (weight 1 ECTS).
(b) A number of mandatory assignments which account for 1 ECTS of the total 5 ECTS of the course (pass/fail, internal examiner). These assignments are not part of the first year test.
(c) A 4 hour wirtten examination with internal evaluation according to the Danish 7-point marking scale (weight 3 ECTS).

Re-examination after 4th quarter.
The mode of exam at the re-examination may differ from the mode of exam at the ordinary exam.

Date of exam
The ordinary exam takes place on January 7, 2011
The re-examination takes place on June 6, 2011

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Lectures: 26
Tutorials: 16
Laboratory exercises: 8
Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
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