B024527 - ELEMENTS OF GENERAL PHYSICS

Italian

Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetism

Text Books:
Theory:
M. Bruzzi, F.S. Cataliotti, D. Fanelli, Elementi di Meccanica e Termodinamica, Soc.
Ed. Esculapio, Bologna.
P. Mazzoldi, M. Nigro e C. Voci, Fisica I & II, (EdiSES)
Mencuccini e V. Silvestrini, Fisica I & II, (Zanichelli)
A. Bertin, M. Poli, A. Vitale, Fondamenti di MECCANICA, Progetto Leonardo, Soc.
Ed. Esculapio, Bologna.
A. Bertin, M. Poli, A. Vitale, Fondamenti di
TERMODINAMICA, Progetto Leonardo, Soc. Ed. Esculapio, Bologna.
R. A. Serway Principi di Fisica (Edises 1999)
E. Borchi, R. Nicoletti ELETTROMAGNETISMO, Vol. 1 e 2, Soc. Ed. Esculapio,
Bologna, 2006
Advanced:
J. D. Jackson Classical Electrodynamics (Wiley 1998)
R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, M. Sands The Feynman Lectures on Physics
(Addison Wesley 1977)
Problem and Exercises:
M. Poli, Esercitazioni di FISICA 1, Ed. Pitagora, Bologna.
Longhi, Nisoli, Osellame, Stagira - Fisica Generale: Problemi meccanica
termodinamica, Esculapio (for thermodynamics)
Massimo Nigro, Cesare Voci , Problemi di fisica generale. Elettromagnetismo e
ottica, Cortina, Padova (for Electromagnetism)
M. Bruzzi, F.S. Cataliotti, D. Fanelli, M. Siciliani de Cumis Esercizi di Meccanica e
Termodinamica, Soc. Ed. Esculapio, Bologna.
Morosi - PROBLEMI DI FISICA II PER L' UNIVERSITA’ - Ed. Masson.
Sovrapposizione, campo elettrico, teorema di Gauss, potenziale elettrico, energia
elettrostatica, proprietà dei conduttori, teorema di Coulomb, capacità elettrica,
condensatori, dielettrici, definizione di corrente, equazione di continuità, forza
elettromotrice, correnti stazionarie: circuiti elettrici in continua, principi di Kirchhoff,
Legge di Ohm, correnti non stazionarie: circuiti RC, campo magnetico, forza di
Lorentz, legge di Biot e Savart e definizione di ampere, formule di Laplace, forze su
conduttori percorsi da corrente, Legge di Ampère, magnetismo nella materia ,
energia del campi magnetico, legge di Faraday, auto e mutua induzione, circuiti RL,
corrente di spostamento, equazioni di Maxwell complete, cenni alle onde
elettromagnetiche.
Bruno, D’Agostino, Santoro – ESERCIZI DI FISICA, ELETTROMAGNETISMO –
Casa Ed. Ambrosiana, 2004
R. Nicoletti, Esercizi di Elettromagnetismo Ed. Esculapio, Bologna

Training objectives:
Mental attitude suited to deal with a physical problem .
Ability to model the problem with appropriate schematizations.
Ability to identify the important laws of physics for understanding a phenomenon.
Understanding of the links between the different laws of mechanics,
thermodynamics and electromagnetism .
Ability to translate into mathematical formulas the physical laws of interest .

Knowledge of the scientific high school math program .
Working knowledge of: functions , limits , derivatives, integrals , differentials .
Working knowledge of: partial derivatives , differentials of functions of several
variables , differential equations .

75% ore di lectures
25% ore di exercises in classroom

The exam consists of a written test to ensure the skills acquired by the students in
the resolution of mechanical problems , a written test to ensure the skills acquired
by students in solving problems of electromagnetism , an oral test to ensure the
student's knowledge of the entire course program . ( A total of two written tests and
one oral test )

extended program:
Mechanics: Vectors; Kinematic: description of motion in three dimensions (position,
velocity, acceleration) with various examples, kinematics of the rigid body, laws of
change of reference system; Static: forces and their moments, equilibrium of
particle and a rigid body, fundamental equations of statics of a rigid body, gravity,
examples of ideal constraints, friction between solid bodies; Dynamics: principle of
inertia, second law of motion, third principle of dynamics, mass and density,
momentum and impulse, Kepler's law and Newton's law of universal gravitation,
solving of various problems dynamics of a single material point, non-inertial
reference frames and inertial forces, conservation of momentum and angular
momentum, collisions, fundamental equations of dymnamics of a rigid body, center
of mass, moment of inertia, solving of various dynamics problems. Work, principle
of virtual work, kinetic energy theorem, conservative forces, potential energy and
stability, conservation of mechanical energy with various application examples.
Thermodynamics: empirical temperature and zero principle, equation of state of
ideal gases, virial expansion, equation of Van der Waals, quasistatics and reversible
transformations, adiabatic work, internal energy, first law (thermodynamic definition
of heat), heat capacity and specific heat. thermodynamic cycles: Thermal machines
and refrigerators. Second Principle. Carnot's theorem. Absolute thermodynamic
temperature . Clausius theorem. Definition of entropy. Principle of entropy increase.
Phase transitions, latent heat, enthalpy.
Electromagnetism: electric charge, Coulomb's law, superposition principle, electric
field, Gauss theorem, electric potential, electrostatic energy, properties of
conductors, Coulomb's theorem, capacitance, capacitors, dielectrics, electric
current, continuity equation, electromotive force, steady currents: dc circuits,
principles of Kirchhoff Ohm's law, non-stationary currents: RC circuits, magnetic
field, Lorentz force, Biot and Savart law and definition of ampere, Laplace's laws,
Ampere's law, magnetism in matter, energy of magnetic fields, Faraday's law, self
and mutual inductance, RL circuits, displacement current, complete Maxwell
equations, introduction to electromagnetic waves.