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Physics I - Mechanics and Molecular Physics

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Course Unit Code480-8110/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
CIP10doc. RNDr. Dalibor Ciprian, Ph.D.
Summary
Physics I is the first part of the basic physics course that provides comprehensive overview of basic knowledge about particles, solid bodies and their interaction. The course covers the mechanics of particles and rigid
bodies, mechanical oscillations and waves, introduction to molecular and thermal physics.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Provide the summary of basic physical facts about particles, solid bodies and their interactions. Collect the basic principles and laws of the selected parts of the classical physics (mechanics, introduction to molecular physics, kinetic theory of gases and thermal phenomena). To show how to solve simple and more complicated problems and discuss the results.
Course Contents
1. Single particle motion: kinematic description, translation and rotation.
2. Dynamics and forces: Newton's laws, work and energy in mechanics.
3. Mechanics of rigid bodies: mass center, transltion, rotation and compound motions.
4. Impulse, momentum and collisions, Steiner's theorem.
5. Mechanical oscillations: free oscillations, damped and forced oscillations, superposition of oscillations.
6. Traveling and standing mechanical waves, wave equation, mechanical waves in three dimensions, interference phenomena.
7. Introduction to accoustic phenomena.
8. Introduction to mechanics ideal fluid: Pascal's law, hydrostatic pressure, Bernouli's equation and continuity equation
9. Fundamentals of molecular phenomena: introduction to physics of thermal phenomena
10. Basics of heat transfer
11. Kinetic theory of gases: equation of state for ideal gas, simple model of real gas.
12. Reversible phenomena in ideal gases, the entropy concept.
13. Lagrange and Hamilton equations.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
HALLIDAY, D., RESNICK, R., WALKER, J.: Fundamentals of Physics, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 9th ed., 2010, ISBN-13 978-0470547922
TIPLER, P., A., MOSCA, G., P.: Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, W. H. Freeman, 6th ed., 2007, ISBN-13 978-1429202657
HALLIDAY, D., RESNICK, R., WALKER, J.: Fyzika 1-2, VUTIUM, Brno, 2014, ISBN 978-80-2144-123-1
KVASNICA, J., HAVRÁNEK, A., LUKÁČ, P., SPRUŠIL, B.: Mechanika, ACADEMIA, 2004, ISBN 80-200-1268-0
Recommended Reading:
PAIN, H., J.: The physics of vibrations and waves, 6th ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2005, ISBN-13 978-0470012963
SANDS, M., FEYNMAN, R., LEIGHTON, R.: The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 1, Basic Books, 2011, ISBN-13 978-0465024933
MAIN, I., G.: Kmity a vlny ve fyzice, Academia, 1990, ISBN 8020002723
FEYNMAN, R., LEIGHTON, R., SANDS, M.: Feynmanovy přednášky z fyziky, Fragment, 2000, ISBN 80-7200-405-0
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit40 (40)20
                Written test 1Written test20 10
                Written test 2Written test20 10
        ExaminationExamination60 (60)31
                Written examWritten examination30 16
                Oral examOral examination30 15