Duration
16h Th, 18h Pr, 8h REM
Number of credits
| Bachelor in bioengineering | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
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 closed systems, heat budgets.
Second law of thermodynamics: statements, application to cyclic transformations, efficiency, Carnot engine, Entropy, entropy budget.
The physical principles are illustrated with experiments performed during the lectures.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Fundamental physics laws.
- 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.
- analysis of experimental data.
- 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 : 16h Practical Works : 18h
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.
A non-programmable scientific calculator (without graphic screen) can be used for exams.
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
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
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