Physics for Environmental EngineeringLaajuus (6 ECTS)

Objective

After the course the student has a basic understanding of the varied topics, concepts and quantities presented and can analyze situations in terms of these quantities. The student has a fair computational ability in problems dealing with these topics.

Content

Basics of electricity, potential, voltage, current resistance, power. Phases of matter, fluids, hydrostatics, absolute and gauge pressure, Pascal’s principle, measurement of pressure, buoyancy. Hydrodynamics, Bernoulli’s equation, viscosity, surface tension, wind power. Temperature, measurement devices, thermal expansion, heat, heat capacity, latent heat, calorimetry, phase changes. Heat transfer, convection, conduction and radiation. Conduction in layered structures. Heat and energy. Gases, the ideal gas law, thermodynamic processes, heat and work in cyclic processes, heat engines, pumps and refrigerators. Humidity of air. Sunlight and the solar spectrum, the greenhouse effect. Basics of wave motion. Basics of atoms, molecules and spectra, emission and absorption of radiation. Groundwater flow and transport of pollutants.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

To define or describe the subject matter related to the concepts and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the associated basic quantitative comparisons and calculations

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to apply, calculate, change and choose the concepts related to the matter and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the basic quantitative calculations as well as to complete and produce the necessary information for the calculations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students is able to categorize, collect, combine and generalize the concepts related to the matter and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the basic quantitative calculations as well as derive and rearrange given basic information