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| PHYS2020-2 | Physics 1 : Mechanics
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| Duration : | 25h Th, 20h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Hervé Caps |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| Outline
- Introduction to physical dimensions and variables
- 1D motion
- 2D-3D motions
- Force
- Work done by a force, Energy
- Momentum and collisions
- Rotations
- Angular momentum
- Static equilibrium
- Gravitation
- Oscillations |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The aim of the lectures is to give the students a basic knowledge on physical mecanics. Focus is put on an intuitive and phenomenological presentation in order to devlop some physical sense. This organisation is supposed to facilitate the access to more complete formalism during the following years of studies. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Elementary skills on mathematics and physics at the level of secondary school. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Laboratory experiments as well as series of exercices are organized. These activities take place with smaller groups for encouraging the inter-activity. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| A total of 20h of theoretical lectures and 20h of exercices/laboratories is planned. Theoretical lecures are ex cathedra and mainly concern the explanation of fundamental concepts. During training meetings, this theoretical knowledge is applied. In both types of lessons, a special care is taken for emphasizing the role played by the different concepts in the work of engineers. Lectures are organized during the first half of the academic year. Due to technical reasons on the Faculty side, some time delay can be observed bewteen laboratory exercices and their explanation during theoretical talks. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Physics for Engineers and Scientists by Serway and Jewett (available at AEES)
Laboratory notes (available at AEES)
PDF files of the different slides are freely downloadable on the internet (www.grasp.ulg.ac.be) and copies are available via AEES. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written evaluation on January. Theoretical concepts and exercices are asked.
Theory 50%
Exercices 50%
If one of those notations is equal or below 7/20, only the smallest notations is taken into account. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Hervé CAPS
GRASP-Optofluidics
Departement de Physique, Bât. B5a
Bureau 3/52
Tél. 04/ 366 37 23
Fax. 04/366 28 13
Herve.Caps@ulg.ac.be |
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