Physical Fundamentals of Engineering
| Type of study | Bachelor |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 480-8360/01 |
| Abbreviation | FZT |
| Course title | Physical Fundamentals of Engineering |
| Credits | 4 |
| Coordinating department | Department of Physics |
| Course coordinator | doc. RNDr. Dalibor Ciprian, Ph.D. |
Subject syllabus
1. Scalar and vector quantities in physics, International System of Units (SI), basics of kinematics - translation and rotation, velocity, acceleration, path and trajectory.
2. Basics of dynamics - Newton's laws, equation of motion for translation, impulse of force, linear momentum, force and its types, kinetic and potential energy, work, power and efficiency (for translational motion), friction and motion in resistive medium (drag force), colissions.
3. Rigid body mechanics, center of mass, rolling, torque, rotational inertia of the body,parallel-axis theorem, angular momentum and Newton’s second law for rotation, work and rotational kinetic energy, gravitation, the motion in Earth's gravitation.
4. Fluids, desnity and pressure, Pascal's law, Archimedes’ principle, fluids at rest, ideal fluids in motion - the equation of continuity and Bernoulli’s equation.
5. Heat and thermodynamics, temperature, thermal expansion, absorption of heat and the first law of thermodynamics, heat transfer, ideal gas - state equation, changes and processes.
6. Mechanical oscillations, equation of motion for free oscilation, simple harmonic motion, damped simple harmonic motion, forced oscillations and resonance, energy of oscillation, superposition of oscillations.
7. Waves in mechanics, types of waves, transverse and longitudinal waves, traveling wave equation, wave interference, standing waves, Huygens' principle and wave propagation in 3D, reflection and refraction.
8. Electric field and charge, Coulomb’s law, intensity and potential of electrostatic field, capacitance and capacitors, capacitors in parallel and in series.
9. Electric current and resistance, electromotoric force and voltage, Ohm's law, circuits and Kirchhoff's rules, power in electric circuits, current conduction in gases and liquids.
10. Magnetic field, magnetic flux density, magnetic force acting on a moving particle and current-carrying wire, field produced by long long straight wire, magnetic fields in solenoinds and toroids, magnetic properties of solids.
11. Induction, Faraday’s law of induction, magnetic flux, Lenz’s law, inductors and inductance, self-induction and mutual induction, magnetic energy, alternating current and voltage, RLC circuits and resonance, induction and energy transfer.
12. Fundamentals of optics, light as electromagnetic waves, reflection, refraction, light dispersion, interference of light, diffraction of light, polarization.
13. The birth of quantum physics, photon as a quantum of light, the photoelectric effect particles and matter waves, light as a probability wave, the birth of quantum physics fundamentals of quantum physics.
2. Basics of dynamics - Newton's laws, equation of motion for translation, impulse of force, linear momentum, force and its types, kinetic and potential energy, work, power and efficiency (for translational motion), friction and motion in resistive medium (drag force), colissions.
3. Rigid body mechanics, center of mass, rolling, torque, rotational inertia of the body,parallel-axis theorem, angular momentum and Newton’s second law for rotation, work and rotational kinetic energy, gravitation, the motion in Earth's gravitation.
4. Fluids, desnity and pressure, Pascal's law, Archimedes’ principle, fluids at rest, ideal fluids in motion - the equation of continuity and Bernoulli’s equation.
5. Heat and thermodynamics, temperature, thermal expansion, absorption of heat and the first law of thermodynamics, heat transfer, ideal gas - state equation, changes and processes.
6. Mechanical oscillations, equation of motion for free oscilation, simple harmonic motion, damped simple harmonic motion, forced oscillations and resonance, energy of oscillation, superposition of oscillations.
7. Waves in mechanics, types of waves, transverse and longitudinal waves, traveling wave equation, wave interference, standing waves, Huygens' principle and wave propagation in 3D, reflection and refraction.
8. Electric field and charge, Coulomb’s law, intensity and potential of electrostatic field, capacitance and capacitors, capacitors in parallel and in series.
9. Electric current and resistance, electromotoric force and voltage, Ohm's law, circuits and Kirchhoff's rules, power in electric circuits, current conduction in gases and liquids.
10. Magnetic field, magnetic flux density, magnetic force acting on a moving particle and current-carrying wire, field produced by long long straight wire, magnetic fields in solenoinds and toroids, magnetic properties of solids.
11. Induction, Faraday’s law of induction, magnetic flux, Lenz’s law, inductors and inductance, self-induction and mutual induction, magnetic energy, alternating current and voltage, RLC circuits and resonance, induction and energy transfer.
12. Fundamentals of optics, light as electromagnetic waves, reflection, refraction, light dispersion, interference of light, diffraction of light, polarization.
13. The birth of quantum physics, photon as a quantum of light, the photoelectric effect particles and matter waves, light as a probability wave, the birth of quantum physics fundamentals of quantum physics.
E-learning
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