 | |
| PHYS3007-1 | General physics
 |
|
| Duration : | 54h Th, 70h Pr |
|
| Credits/ECTS : |
|
|
| Holder(s) : | Marc Aubinet |
|
| Language : | French language |
|
| Course contents : | Mechanics.
Particle : kinematics, dynamics, Work, Energy
Particle systems and solid body : Center of mass, momentum and angular momentum conservation, rotation, Equilibrium.
Elastic solid : stress and bending, harmonic oscillator.
Fluids : fluid statics, Bernouilli theorem, Viscosity.
Thermodynamique.
Définitions.
First law : Application to specific transformations, Internal energy.
Second law : Cyclic transformations, efficiency, Carnot engine, Entropy. |
|
| Course objective : | - Initiation to scientific reasoning.
- Initiation problem resolution (translation in a formal language, resolution of the formal problem, solution analysis and interprétation).
- Learning of orders of magnitude and approximations.
- Learning of fundamental physics laws.
After completing the course the student is expected to
-Identify, relate and apply the kinematic variables that describe particle, systems of particles or solid body movements.
-Carry out a force budget of material systems.
-Apply the laws of mechanics and conservation principles to prédict the movements of material systems.
-Establish and apply the laws of fluid statics and fluid dynamics for laminar flows.
-Apply the first and second laws of thermodynamics to open and cyclic transformations. |
|
| Prerequisites : | Secondary school : French and Mathematics courses. |
|
| Organization : | Lectures : 54h
Practical Works : 70h |
|
| Written notes : | Lecture notes
Physics for scientists and engineers - Serway - 3d Edition - Saunders-Philadelphia |
|
| Assessment : | Written examination (65%)
Oral examination (35%) |
|
| Contacts : | AUBINET Marc (Professeur Ordinaire)
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Passage des Déportés 2
5030 Gembloux
+32 81 622488
Marc.Aubinet@ulg.ac.be |
|
|
| |
