- Docente: Francesco Minardi
- Credits: 9
- SSD: FIS/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Chemistry and Technologies for the Environment and Materials (cod. 8515)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student knows the meaning of the main quantities of classical physics, their units and relative relations. The student knows the concepts of measurement uncertainty and error propagation, the mechanics of single points and of composite systems, the elementary theory of classical electromagnetism in vacuum and in matter. The student has also basic knowledge of geometric and wave optics.
Course contents
Dimensional formulae and physical units, error propagation, scalar and vector fields.
Kinematics and dynamics for a point mass, dynamics of systems, angular momentum and rotating objects, harmonic motion.
Electrostatics, continuous currents, magnetostatics, time varying electromagnetic fields.
Geometrical optics: Snell laws, light propagation in presence of spherical mirrors and thin lenses. Wave optics: interference and diffraction of light, diffraction gratings.
Readings/Bibliography
D.Halliday, R.Resnick, J.Walker, "Fundamentals of Physics", Wiley
Teaching methods
Lectures and classroom exercises.
Assessment methods
The knowledge of elementary mechanics and electromagnetism will be verified by means of a written test with exercises at a level of difficulty similar to those in the textbook and to those solved in the classroom. An oral exam might follow with more "theoretical" questions regarding the topics of the lectures.
Teaching tools
Blackboard, projector, pc, auxiliary material available on the web.
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Minardi