PHYS3026-1 : General Physics : fluid dynamics and photometry

Study Programmes 2016-2017

PHYS3026-1

General Physics : fluid dynamics and photometry

Duration :

9h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits :

Bachelor in bioengineering		2

Lecturer :

Laurent Dreesen

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

Learning unit 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 learning unit :

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)