Study Programmes 2015-2016
| PHYS3020-1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Digital tools of soft matter | |||||||||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 15h Th, 15h Pr | |||||||||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| François Ludewig, Geoffroy Lumay | |||||||||||||||||
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Coordinator :
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| Geoffroy Lumay | |||||||||||||||||
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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 second semester | |||||||||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| Soft Matter includes a wide variety of physical states between the solids and the liquids: colloids, polymers, granular materials... In this course, we will analyse the simulation methods related to soft matter physics. | |||||||||||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| After this course, the student will be able:
- to use the numerical methods presented in the course: the event-driven, the molecular dynamics and the contact dynamics, - to confront numerical and experimental results, - to adapt a code or to use an existing library to study an original system related to Soft Matter. |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| The prerequisites are thorough knowledge in programming and numerical analysis. | |||||||||||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Realization of a project. | |||||||||||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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Recommended or required readings :
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The student realizes a project and will present it to the other students. The professor and possibly invited experts will ask questions in relation with the course. | |||||||||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Geoffroy Lumay
Office 3/53, Building B5 Phone: 04/366 44 21 Email: Geoffroy.Lumay@ulg.ac.be |
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 | notes du cours Les transparents du cours et les informations complémentaires sont sur eCampus. |
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