Applied Physics

Recommended Prerequisites

Physics 12º/11º year.

Mathematics 12º year.

Teaching Methods

Theory: Exposition of the syllabus with some practical demonstrations.

Practical-theory: students work individually or in groups solving problems.

Learning Outcomes

To gain understanding on some of the physics concepts relevant for  different phenomena and techniques used in Pharmacy. Acquire experience in problem solving.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1- Interactions: fund forces; other forces; Newton laws; work and energy; conserv. forces; collisions; electric charge; Coulomb law; electric field and electric potential; electric dipole.

2 - Elasticity: stress and strain; Hooke’s law; elastic moduli; plastic behav. of materials.

3 - Fluid mechanics: pressure and Pascal Law; buoyancy and Arquimedes law; flow of ideal fluids, Bernoulli equation; viscous fluids flow, Poiseuille law; turbulence, Reynolds number; mov. of particles in fluids, Stokes law; terminal velocity and sedimentation; centrifugues; rehology, newtonian and non-newtonian fluids; experim. Determ. of viscosity; particle diffusion, Fick’s law.

4 - Surface tension and capillarity: interfaces; contact angle; pressure differential at interface; capillarity.

5 - Waves: oscillatory motion; damped oscillator; ressonance; transverse and longitudinal waves; polarization; superposition and interference; light, refraction and Snell’s law; diffraction; active optical materials.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Benilde Faria de Oliveira e Costa

Assessment Methods

Final Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Continuous Assessment
Frequency: 100.0%

Bibliography

– Física, Marcelo Alonso, Edward J. Finn, Addison-Wesley.

– Física, Paul Tipler, Livros Ténicos e Científicos Editora S.A.

– Física, Young & Freedman, Addison-Wesley.

– Física Aplicada à Farmácia, Maria Serpa dos Santos, Coimbra Editora, 1968.

– Physic, Joseph Kane, Morton Sternheim, John Wiley & Sons.