FY520: Understanding basic physics (10 ECTS)
STADS: 07002901Level
Bachelor course
Teaching period
The course begins in the autumn semester and continues in the spring semester.
2nd and 3rd quarter
Teacher responsible
Email: paolo.sibani@ifk.sdu.dkAdditional teachers
mlomholt@memphys.sdu.dk svt@ifk.sdu.dk vvp@ifk.sdu.dkTimetable
| Group | Type | Day | Time | Classroom | Weeks | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | I | Monday | 10-12 | U55 | 45-51 | |
| Common | I | Tuesday | 10-12 | U55 | 45-49 | |
| Common | I | Tuesday | 13-14 | U55 | 50 | |
| S1 | TE | Thursday | 14-16 | U49b | 45-51 | |
| S1 | TL | Thursday | 08-12 | IFK | 49-50 | |
| S1 | TE | Friday | 08-10 | U148 | 51 | |
| S2 | TL | Monday | 14-18 | IFK | 49, 50 | |
| S3 | TE | Tuesday | 14-16 | U49C | 51 | |
| S3 | TE | Thursday | 08-10 | U17 | 45-51 | |
| S3 | TL | Friday | 08-12 | IFK | 49-50 | |
| S5 | TE | Wednesday | 08-10 | U9 | 51 | |
| S5 | TL | Thursday | 14-18 | IFK | 49-50 | |
| S5 | TE | Friday | 10-12 | U24 | 45-51 | |
| S10 | TE | Monday | 08-10 | U17 | 46 | |
| S10 | TL | Tuesday | 14-18 | IFK | 49-50 | |
| S10 | TE | Wednesday | 08-10 | U24 | 45, 47-51 | |
| S10 | TE | Thursday | 08-10 | U26 | 51 | |
| S12 | TL | Wednesday | 14-18 | IFK | 49-50 | |
| S14 | TL | Tuesday | 08-12 | IFK | 50-51 |
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Revison of timetable:
: Lab S2 fredag uge 50 flyttet til mandag uge 50.
: Forelæsning tirsdag uge 51 flyttet til tirsdag uge 50.
: Hold S2 oprettet i lab.
: S1`s E-timer tirsdag flyttet til torsdag.
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
2nd quarter:
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. Doppler effect.
4. Modern physics: two hrs. lecture on modern applications and implications of physics.
5. Experiment 1: 4 hrs.
6. Experiment 2: 4 hrs.
3rd quarter:
7. Fluids. Equilibrium properties and non-viscous flow (the flow of dry water).
8. Temperature, heat, and the laws of thermodynamics.
9. Kinetic gas theory.
10. Heat transport and diffusion.
11. Modern physics perspective: a 2 hrs. lecture illustrating how physics and other sciences interact.
12. Experiment 3: 4 hrs.
13. Experiment 4: 4 hrs.
Literature
- Understanding Basic Physics. Compiled by Paolo Sibani, SDU (R. Wolfson: Essential University Physics: Volume 1, Pearson Custom Publishing.
- Vejledning til Lab. Øvelser...
Syllabus
See syllabus.
Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).
Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None
Assessment and marking:
1) A 4-hour written exam after 2nd quarter.
2) Project assignment after 3rd quarter.
3) Approval of laboratory exercises after 2nd and 3rd quarter, respectively. The pass/fail criterion is that the average mark of the written exam and the project assignment be 02 or higher. The mark -3 or "absent" must not appear in any of the results. All laboratory exercises must be passed.
Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Forelæsninger: 2. kvt.: 26; 3. kvt.: 24
Eksaminatorietimer/opgaveregning: 2. kvt.: 16; 3. kvt.: 12
Laboratorieøvelser: 2. kvt.: 8; 3. kvt.: 8
Educational activities
Language
This course is taught in Danish.
Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.
Tuition fees for single courses
See fees for single courses.
