Physics 1

Course title: Physics 1

Code: FEIT08Z002

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+1+1+0

Institute: Mathematics and Physics

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: None

Course goals/Competences: Competence for solving basic engineering problems using elementary physical laws.

Total available number of classes: 180

Curriculum: Introduction in physics. Kinematics: elements of motion, motion along a straight line, motion in two dimensions, relativity of time and space. Dynamics: Newton’s laws, momentum, work and energy, conservation laws, relativistic dynamics. Dynamics of rotational motion:  moment of inertia, angular momentum, analogy between translatory and rotational motion. Basics of fluid mechanics. Oscillations, waves and acoustics: simple harmonic oscillatory motion, combination of harmonic oscillations, wave process, standing waves and interference, sound waves. Structure of matter and heat: molecular-kinetic theory, thermal expansion, ideal gas equation of state. Classical ideal gas law. Thermodynamics: basic thermodinamical laws, thermodinamical processes, heat engines.

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