Physics
Objectives
Information:
Principles on general physics, mainly classical physics
Improve the knowleadge on General Physics; from Mecahnics , electricity, magnetism vibrations and waves and modern Physics
Correct knowleadge of the physical process
Training:
Developing scientific skills
Development and training on problems solving
General characterization
Code
7663
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Susana Isabel Santos Silva Sério Venceslau
Hours
Weekly - 5
Total - 70
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Secondary school 11th grade level knowledge of physics concepts.
Secondary school 12th grade level knowledge of mathematics.
Vetors
Basic Integrals
Bibliography
Halliday, D., Resnick, R., & Walker, J. Fundamental of Physics, 9th Edition, Wiley.
or College Physics, 7th Edition by Serway, Raymond A., Faughn, Jerry S., Vuille, Chris, Bennett (2006)
or Any other General Physics Book that addresses the topics of the discipline''s program at university level.
Teaching method
1. The teaching method is based on a continuous student activity during the semester.;
2. For the understanding of concepts and laws of Physics an overview of the theory and application of the theoritical concepts in problems solving is given.
3. Continuous involvement of the students (besides the theoretical classes and pratical theoretical classes) through individual tests and mini-tests about the syllabus.
Evaluation method
There is continuous evaluation throughout the semester or a final exam at the end of the semester.
The continuous evaluation consists of two theory tests and two mini-tests.
Subject matter
Movement of a particle. General review
Rectilinear motion of a particle with constant acceleration Newton''s laws; Kinetic energy, potential energy, work and energy
Vibrations and Waves
Hook''s Law.
Simple harmonic motion.
Waves in one dimension.
Standing waves; Musical Instruments Sound; audiogram
Forced regime and resonance.
Electricity
Properties of electric charges. Coulomb''s law. Electric field. Conductors in electrostatic equilibrium. Electrical flow and Gauss Law. Capacitance. The capacitor
Association capacitors. Dielectrics
Electricity. Ohm''s law.
Resistivity and its variation with temperature. Power dissipated in a circuit.
DC circuits. Kirchhoff laws.
Charge and discharge of a capacitor.
Magnetism
Lorentz force.
Ampere''s law. The solenoid.
Magnetic induction. Lenz''s law and Faraday''s law. Alternating current
Transformers
Semiconductors
Contemporary Physics
Electromagnetic spectrum
The X-rays.
The atomic world.