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Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Physics I

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 717-0010/01
Abbreviation PHI
Course title Physics I
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Physics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Ondřej Životský, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Basic units and quantities of the International System of Units (SI), vectors and their usage in physics.

Kinematics of point-like objects, position vector, distance, velocity, acceleration, angular velocity and acceleration. Movements in Earth's gravitational field and along the circle.

Dynamics of point-like objects, linear momentum, Newton's motion laws. Illustration at examples of body at inclined plane with and without the friction. Inertial and drag forces.

Energy, work, conservation of mechanical energy and linear momentum.

Mathematics of infinitely low intervals, application of derivatives and integrals in physics.


System of particles. The center of mass. Superposition of forces and torques. Newton's second law in angular form.

The second Newton's law for rotational movements, rotational inertia and energy of rotational movement. Rolling and torque. Conservation of angular momentum. Summary of conservation laws.

Oscillations. Pendulums, simple harmonic and damped harmonic motions.

Literature

Halliday D., Resnick R., Walker J.: Fundamentals of Physics, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1997;
Feynman R.P., Leighton R.B., Sands M.: The Feynman lectures on physics, Vol. 1.,Addison-Wesley 1966;

Advised literature

The Feynman lectures on physics, Addison-Wesley 1966,
Murla M., Pekárek S.: Physics I, ČVUT 1992,
Murla M., Pekárek S.: Physics I - seminars, ČVUT 1995,
Vibrations and Waves in Physics, Press Synd. of the
University of Cambridge, Cambridge - Ny - Melbourne 1985