00405 - Physics

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student
- knows the fundamental principles of the experimental method in physics and some applications relative to the study of the life phenomena;
- knows the physical principles behind the modern experimental methodologies applied to the pharmacological industry;
- acquires, through the solutions of simple exercises, the capability of solving common, frequent applicative problems.

Course contents

Module 1
Galileian experimental method, operational definition of physical quantity, unit of measurement. Measurement of phyisical quantities. Experimental errors, statistical and systematic uncertainties. Scientific notation. Significant digits. Fundamental quantities, systems of units. Dimension of physical quantities. Scalar and vector quantities. Vector calculus. 

Velocity, acceleration. Motion composition. Falling bodies. Circular motion. Normal and tangent acceleration. Newton's laws. Momentum conservation. Forces. Inertial systems. Universal gravitation law. Mass and weight. Friction. Momentum of a force and angular momentum. Equilibrium. Center of mass. Angular momentum conservation. Work. Power. Kinetic and potential energy. Conservation of mechanical energy.Periodical motions. Harmonic motions. Simple pendolum. Material elasticity, Hooke's law.

Density. Pressure. Fluidostatics, Stevin's law, hydrostatic thrust. Dynamics of ideal fluids.  Temperature. Gas laws. Kinetic theory. Heat, specific heat. Heat propagation. Latent heat. I and II principles of thermodynamics. 

Module 2

The electic charge. Coulomb's law. Electric field. Gauss' theorem. Electrostatic potential. Capacity, capacitors.  Energy associated with the electric field. Electric current. Resistance and resistivity. Ohm's laws. Circuit's theory. 

Magentic field. Lorentz's force. Magnetic field induced by a linear current. Force between parallel currents. Ampère's law. Spire with current. Magnetic moment. Solenoid. Electromagnetic induction laws. Energy associated with the magnetic field.

Optics. Rifraction, total reflection. Optical fibers. Dispersion. Thin lenses.

Readings/Bibliography

The following text is adopted for the course:

• F. Borsa, A. Lascialfari, Principi di Fisica per indirizzo biomedico e farmaceutico, Ed. EdiSES, 2014
  

to be integrated with the lecture notes. 

Other textbooks:

• D.C. Giancoli, Fisica, Casa Ed. Ambrosiana

• A.Giambattista, P. Mariani, A. Orecchini, F. Spinozzi, FISICA GENERALE 3/ED CON CONNECT, 3edizione, McGraw-Hill editore (ISBN 9788838699368), 2021

• Jewett & Serway, Principi di Fisica, EdiSES
• F.R. Cavallo, F.L. Navarria, Appunti di probabilità e statistica per un corso di Fisica, Ed. CLUEB, 2000
• D.M. Burns e S.G.G. MacDonald, Fisica per gli studenti di biologia e medicina, Ed. Zanichelli
• J.W. Kane, M.M. Sternheim, Fisica biomedica, Edizioni Mediche Scientifiche Internazionali

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures and exercise sessions.

Assessment methods

The final exams aims at assessing the achievement of the learning objectives

- knowledge of the fundamental physics laws and those relevant for applications;

- capability of solving simple exercises until the quantitative solution (equation, numerical results with three significant digits, units).


The examination consists of one written exam and one oral colloquium.

No intermediate exams are foreseen outside of the scheduled sessions.

Written exam: 
It consists of 6 exercises, of which 3 for each module of the course (3 for module 1 plus 3 for module 2) to be solved in 1h30'.
No textbook not lecture notes can be used during the exam.
It is also forbidden to use formula sheets, hand-written notes nor copy of exercises.

The written exam is considered to be sufficient, namely passed, with a score of 18/30.

The  written exam is valid within one exam session, after which it needs to be repeated.

Oral exam:
The oral exam lasts abut 30' and consists of questions on the topics of the program and possibly, a discussion of the results of the written exam.

The final mark takes into account the outcome of both the written and the oral exams. The mark of the written exam can be confirmed or not.

 

Exam sessions:
There are six exam slots, distributed over three exam sessions, with two slots per session:
- summer: June - July
- autumn: September
- winter: January-February

Teaching tools

PC, projectors, blackboard (for exercises). For the supporting material, see
http://ishtar.df.unibo.it/Uni/bo/farmacia/all/navarria/stuff/homepage.htm

Office hours

See the website of Francesca Bellini

See the website of Sergio Lo Meo