Duration
20h Th, 24h Pr, 8h REM
Number of credits
| Bachelor in bioengineering | 4 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.
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