2017-2018 / PHYS3024-1

General physics : Thermodynamics

Duration

20h Th, 24h Pr, 8h REM

Number of credits

 Bachelor in bioengineering4 crédits 

Lecturer

Pierre Dumortier, Louis Gourlez de la Motte, Quentin Hurdebise, Geoffroy Lumay, Colin Michel 

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

Basic Definitions : State variables, temperature, Principle zero, transformations, properties of substances.
Heat and heat transfer, First law of thermodynamics, application to open and closed systems, heat budgets.
Second law of thermodynamics: statements, application to cyclic transformations, efficiency, Carnot engine, Entropy, entropy budget.

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).
  • Orders of magnitude and approximations.
  • Fundamental physics laws.
  • Heat budget.
After completing the course the student is expected to apply the first and second laws of thermodynamics to open and cyclic transformations for open and closed systems.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Secondary school : French and Mathematics courses.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Lectures : 22h Practical Works : 24h

Recommended or required readings

Lecture slides (on eCampus).
Physics for scientists and engineers, J. W. Jewet and R. A. Serway

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination
See the document "REGIME DES TESTS ET EXAMENS" for a detailed description of the exams organization.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Geoffroy Lumay
Bât. B5a, Physics institute, 
Quartier Agora, Sart Tilman Campus
Allée du six août, 19
4000 Liege
+32 4 366 44 21 geoffroy.lumay@ulg.ac.be