Study Programmes 2015-2016
PHYS3026-1  
General Physics : fluid dynamics and photometry
Duration :
9h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :
Bachelor in bioengineering2
Lecturer :
Marc Aubinet
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
FLUID STATICS
Basics, Pascal and Archimedes principles,
Application to the troposphere.
FLUID DYNAMICS
Ideal fluids : continuity equation, Bernoulli equation and applications, Viscous fluids : Stokes law, Poiseuille law, Bernoulli - Poiseuille law, Reynolds number.
RADIOMETRY
Wave and corpuscular Theories Variables and units
Black-body radiation
Radiation interception
Absorption by continuous surroundings
Learning outcomes of the course :
  • Initiation to scientific reasoning.
  • Initiation problem resolution (translation in a formal language, resolution of the formal problem, solution analysis and interpretation).
  • Learning of orders of magnitude and approximations.
  • Learning of fundamental physics laws.
  • Use of computer to solve problems without analytical solution
After completing the course the student is expected to apply the basic laws of fluid dynamics and radiometry to simple problems.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Secondary school : French and Mathematics courses.
Mecanics PHYS 3025
Thermodynamics PHYS 3024
Mathematics MATH0493
Mathematics MATH0494
Mathematics MATH0485
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Lectures : 9 h Practical Works : 15 h (including 6 on computer)
Recommended or required readings :
Lecture notes
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written examination
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Prof. AUBINET Marc Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Passage des Déportés 2 5030 Gembloux +32 81 622488 Marc.Aubinet@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
Lecture notes
Lecture note will be available on eCampus (pdf).