Engineering PhysicsLaajuus (6 ECTS)

Objective

During completion of this course the student acquires basic knowledge of physical concepts, laws, principles and theories in the fields of kinematics, dynamics, properties of solids and fluids, thermal physics and electricity. Student becomes aware that physical theories are based on and verified by observations and measurements.
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During completion of this course the student will learn how to formulate and solve equations related to basic physical problems that appear in the fields of physics covered by this course. The knowledge gained helps the student in independent information acquisition in further studies and professional activities.

Content

Kinematics
- vectors and scalars, kinematics in one and two dimensions
Dynamics
- Newton’s laws of motion, applications of Newton laws, work and energy, conservation of energy, power, linear momentum and collisions, uniform circular motion, rotations of rigid bodies, static equilibrium, gravity
Fluids
- fluid statics (pressure, hydrostatic pressure, Pascal’ principle, buoyancy and Arkhimedes’ principle) and fluid dynamics (the continuity equation, Bernoulli’s equation, applications of Bernoulli’s principle, viscosity, laminar flow, turbulent flow)
Thermal physics
- temperature, thermal expansion, specific heats, phases and phase changes, latent heats, conduction, convection and radiation
Electricity
- electric charge, Coulomb’s law, electric field, insulators and conductors, charging by friction, charging by induction, electric potential and voltage, parallel plate capacitors, capacitors in series and parallel
- electric current, resistance, resistivity, Ohm’s law, energy and power in electric circuits, resistors in series and parallel, Kirchhoff’s rules, am meters and voltmeters
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- non-uniform circular motion, Newton’s law of universal gravitation
- liquid column manometer, hydrometer, Venturi tube, Pitot tube, flow in tubes: Poiseuille’s equation, capillary viscometer, immersion viscometer, rotation viscometer, classification of liquids
- elasticity (normal stress, shear stress, Young’s modulus, shear modulus, bulk modulus)
- bimetallic element, heat transfer in multilayer structure, energy balance
- Gauss’s law, cathode-ray tube, microwave heating, ink-jet printer, RC-circuits, piezoelectricity, capasitive sensors (for displacement, acceleration, level, humidity), resistive sensors, superconductivity, thermistor, thermocouple, Wheatstone bridge and strain gauge, electrodialysis, electrostatic precipitator, electrophoresis.

Further information

Lectures: 56 h
Tutorials: 28 h
Individual learning assignment: 10 h
Exams: 3•3 h = 9 h
Student’s workload: student workload analysis not carried out
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