General Physics I

Recommended Prerequisites

Physics at  high secondary school  level.

Teaching Methods

The methodology consists of direct teaching of concepts aincluding discussion with students and application to practical situations through the guided resolution of problems gradually evolving to autonomous  resolution.

Learning Outcomes

Understand and use basic concepts of physics, and apply them to the study of systems of interest.

Capacity to apply physics concepts in common situations (particularly through the resolution of problems)

Oral and written capacity to communicate . Development of a critical attitude towards the analysis/evaluation of problems.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1 - MECHANICS OF PARTICLES AND SYSTEMS OF PARTICLES

1.1 - Concepts of Kinematics (3D) - Position, velocity, acceleration

1.2 - Application to the study of 2D movements

1.2 - Particle Dinamics

- Newton laws forces, linear momentum, and impulse; work

- Work and kinetic energy

- Force fields; conservative force fields; potencial energy

- Conservation of the mechanical energy (of a particle)

1.3 Systems of particles

- Equilibrium conditions

- Center of mass; movement of center of mass. Applications

- Conservation of energy. Examples

2 - ELEMENTARY MECHANICS OF FLUIDS

2.1 Hydrostatic

2.2 Motion of non-viscous fluids

2.3 Viscous fluids

3 - OSCILLATIONS

- Simple harmonic motion: kinematics and dynamics. Conservation of mechanical energy

- Superposition of two simple harmonic motions

- Damped oscillattions

- Forced oscillations

- Resonance

4 - WAVES

- Wave equation (1D)

- Longitudinal and transverse waves

- Progressive and stationary waves

- Interference and diffraction

Head Lecturer(s)

João Manuel de Sá Campos Gil

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam (100%) or Midterm exam (2x50%).: 100.0%

Bibliography

M. Margarida R.R. Costa e M. José B.M. de Almeida, Fundamentos de Física, 3ª ed. (2012)Almedina, ISBN:.

 

P. A. Tipler, Física para cientistas e engenheiros, 4ª ed., Vol.2 (2000), Livros Técnicos e Cientìficos Editora, ISBN 85-216-1215-X.

 

D. Halliday e R. Resnick, Fundamentos de Física, Livros Técnicos e Científicos, Rio de Janeiro (1985)

 

J.W. Kane, M.M. Sternheim, Physics, 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York (1988)

 

Frederik J. Bueche & Eugene Hecht,  Física- Shaum's outlines, (2001) McGraw-Hill, Lisboa, ISBN:972-773-089-2. 

[ Nota: Conjunto de problemas simples destinados a apoiar o aluno que inicia o estudo da Física a nível universitário]

 

Alguns sites interessantes:

http://www.ensinolivre.pt/?q=node/184

[Exemplos de videos/demonstração:

 

Vector Addition (para os alunos com mais dificuldades no uso de vectores)

Forças a uma dimensão (Forces in 1 Dimension)

Posição, velocidade e aceleração (Maze Game)

O Homem em Movimento (The Moving Man)]