Physics
No specific prerequisites are needed.
The final exam will test the knowledge and competences acquired during the course. The exam will comprise a written part and an optional oral part.
The course aims to provide the student with the knowledge and essential skills to face the study of Physics, allowing the student to acquire a strict scientific method of reasoning and to apply this method to the study of the subjects they will deal with during the course, to use the knowledge and skills acquired, with the development of technical skills to solve problems. Especially, they will learn the basics of Mechanics, Fluiddynamics, Thermodynamics and Electromagnetism. The student will develop specific competences related to the development of communication skills, a deeper knowledge of the scientific language, and learning and individual judgment skills.
The teaching activity concerns the following topics in particular:
General Physics: physical quantities, kinematics of rectilinear uniform motion, kinematics of non-uniform rectilinear motion, kinematics in two and three dimensions, principles of dynamics and Newton's laws, kinetic energy, and work.
Fluiddynamics: knowledge of Fluiddynamics, including the viscous flow. Pascal and Archimedes' laws, Bernouilli's.
Thermodynamics: principles of thermodynamics and aspects related to heat and pressure. Analysis of the behavior of solids, liquids and gases. Carnot cycle. Free energies.
Electrostatics: electric charge, electric field, electric and gravitational forces, conductors and capacitors. Gauss's law. Ohm's and Joule's laws. Ampere's law.
Currents and Magnetism: electric current, energy and electric power, generators and circuits, magnetic field, dynamic electromotive force.
Introduction to electromagnetism (Maxwell equations) and applications
Depending on available time:
Elements of radioactivity
Elements of geophysics (seismic waves)
The course will provide the students with basic and advanced knowledge of specific problems in physics, and the skills and competences that could be applied to problems in the context of environmental science, for which the knowledge and understanding of Physics are of fundamental importance.
The teaching activity concerns the following topics in particular:
General Physics: physical quantities, kinematics of rectilinear uniform motion, kinematics of non-uniform rectilinear motion, kinematics in two and three dimensions, principles of dynamics and Newton's laws, kinetic energy, and work.
Fluiddynamics: knowledge of Fluiddynamics, including the viscous flow. Pascal and Archimedes' laws, Bernouilli's.
Thermodynamics: principles of thermodynamics and aspects related to heat and pressure. Analysis of the behavior of solids, liquids and gases. Carnot cycle. Free energies.
Electrostatics: electric charge, electric field, electric and gravitational forces, conductors and capacitors. Gauss's law. Ohm's and Joule's laws. Ampere's law.
Currents and Magnetism: electric current, energy and electric power, generators and circuits, magnetic field, dynamic electromotive force.
Introduction to electromagnetism (Maxwell equations) and applications
Depending on the available time:
Elements of radioactivity
Elements of geophysics (seismic waves)
The course will provide the students with basic and advanced knowledge of specific problems in physics, and the skills and competences that could be applied to problems in the context of environmental science, for which the knowledge and understanding of Physics are of fundamental importance.
The educational goals of the course will be achieved through lectures and exercises (about 30%). In presence in Como and Varese alternatively.