58200 - Applied Physics

Learning outcomes

The student will acquire fundamental knowledge of classical Physics, specifically about mechanics, electromagnetism, fluids and optics.

Course contents

• Phenomena, measurements and physical laws
• Kinematics
• Dynamics
• Work and energy
• Statics and dynamics of fluids
• Thermondynamics
• Waves
• Electromagnetism
• Optics
• Ionizing radiations
  

Readings/Bibliography

Slides shown during lectures, available on Virtuale.

Books:

• Douglas C. Giancoli, Fisica. Con fisica moderna - Terza Edizione, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
• D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fondamenti di Fisica, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana

Further readings:

• Gilberto Bernardini, Fisica generale, parte I, Veschi
• Edoardo Amaldi, Fisica generale, parte II, Veschi
• Edoardo Amaldi, Romano Bizzarri, Guido Pizzella, Fisica generale : elettromagnetismo, relatività, ottica, Zanichelli
• Feynman Lectures, freely available at https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/
  

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures with exercises.

Assessment methods

Final written exam divided in two parts:

• the first one consists of exercises, aimed at verifying that the student knows how to apply the principles and laws of Physics to solve concrete problems;
• the second one consists of questions, aimed at verifying that the student has fully understood the principles of Physics and its applications.

The final grade is expressed in thirtieths.

 

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Slides shown during lectures, available on Virtuale.

Office hours

See the website of Alessandra Merlotti