In general, any textbook of General Physics for a scientific course of studies.
Examples of basic level texbooks:
R.A. Serway, J.W. Jewett, Jr. - PRINCIPI DI FISICA - EdiSES
Jearl Walker, D. Halliday, R. Resnick - FONDAMENTI DI FISICA - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (CEA)
Examples of advanced texbooks:
C. Mencuccini, V. Silvestrini - FISICA I - Liguori
C. Mencuccini, V. Silvestrini - FISICA II - Liguori
S. Focardi, I. Massa, A. Uguzzoni, M. Villa - FISICA GENERALE. MECCANICA E TERMODINAMICA - CEA
S. Focardi, I. Massa, A. Uguzzoni - FISICA GENERALE. ELETROMAGNETISMO - CEA
A. Bertin, M. Poli, A. Vitale - FONDAMENTI DI MECCANICA - Esculapio
A. Bertin, M. Poli, A. Vitale - FONDAMENTI DI TERMODINAMICA - Esculapio
Learning Objectives
Ability to model the problem and to identify the relevant laws for understanding a phenomenon.
Understanding the relations between the various laws of mechanics and electromagnetism.
Ability to translate into mathematical formulas the physical laws of interest.
Prerequisites
Mastering Mathematics taught in previous courses.
In particular students must be familiar with: trigonometry, vectors, derivatives, integrals, study of functions of one real variable.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and exercises.
Further information
Frequency of lectures and exercises is strongly recommended.
Registration to the Moodle teaching platform is mandatory for all students.
Lectures will start on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.
Type of Assessment
3 hours written exam including questions about the subjects of the course and resolution of exercises.
The examination aims at verifying the acquisition of knowledge about the topics of the course and the reasoning capabilities. The questions cover the program carried out during the lessons; exercises include problems about the same topics.
Course program
The scientific method: experimental uncertainties, fundamental quantities of mechanics, dimensional analysis.
Reminders on derivatives, integrals and vector calculus.
Kinematics: position, displacement, velocity, acceleration.
Dynamics: Newton's laws, friction force, elastic force, harmonic motion.
Frames of reference: inertial and non-inertial systems, fictitious forces.
Work and energy: kinetic and potential energy, conservation of energy.
Dynamics of particle systems: center of mass, cardinal equations of dynamics, conservation of momentum and of angular momentum, moment of inertia.
Gravitation: Kepler's laws, Newton's law, gravitational potential energy.
Fluid mechanics: pressure, Stevin's law, buoyant force, laminar flow, flow rate, Bernoulli's theorem.
Thermodynamics: measurement of temperature, heat, thermal capacity , laws of gases, first and second law of thermodynamics, Carnot's theorem, entropy.
Electromagnetism: Coulomb force, electric field, flow of the electric field, Gauss theorem, electric potential, electrostatic of the conductors, capacity and capacitors, electric current and resistance; Lorentz force, magnetic field, Biot-Savart law, Ampere's theorem, motion of charged particles in a magnetic field, magnetic effects on matter, electromagnetic induction, Faraday-Lenz law, displacement current, electromagnetic field.
The detailed program of the course is available on the "E-learning with Moodle" website.