General Physics26637
- Centre
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Degree
- Bachelor's Degree in Physics
- Academic course
- 2024/25
- Academic year
- 1
- No. of credits
- 12
- Languages
- Spanish
- Basque
- English
- Code
- 26637
TeachingToggle Navigation
Teaching guideToggle Navigation
Description and Contextualization of the SubjectToggle Navigation
In this subject, students must master the following basic concepts of Physics:
* Mechanics
* Gravitational interaction
* Fluids
* Oscillations and waves
* Electromagnetism
* Optics
It is highly recommended that the students already master Physics and Mathematics at the high-school level. According to general UPV/EHU's policies, a level of B2 or higher is recommended to attend courses taught in English
The contents of this course are closely related to the ones in Experimental Techniques I (Physics and Electronic Engineering Degrees) which contains the laboratory practicals corresponding to the General Physics course.
Skills/Learning outcomes of the subjectToggle Navigation
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- Use physical magnitudes and discriminate between vectors and scalars. Use the concept of order of magnitude. Start using approximations as a basic tool.
- Understand how to use fundamental principles of physics for explaining natural phenomena.
- Establish relations between different fundamental physical principles, applying them to the solution of exercises.
- Develop exercise-solving techniques that enable them to critically evaluate results.
- Foster open relations among students and teachers, so that students think and discuss ideas and knowledge both with peer students and teachers.
- Show a positive attitude towards the subject, so that students show a proactive behaviour in the face of learning difficulties. Students are expected to be actively oriented towards improvement during the learning process.
In this course, the student is expected to learn how to use mathematical equations to describe the way the physical principles are applied to a problem, to solve them and to extract from the solution not only the quantitative results, but also their interpretation as well.
Theoretical and practical contentToggle Navigation
0. Introduction
What is Physics? Particles and interactions. Structure of the laws of Physics, symmetry and conservation laws. Material world: aggregation states.
1. Physical magnitudes. Vectors
Scalars and vectors. Units. Dimensional analysis. Vector algebra.
2. Kinematics of particles
Velocity and acceleration: intrinsic components. Motion in a plane. Relative motion. Galilean transformations. Rotating frames of reference.
3. Dynamics of particles
Newton's laws. Linear momentum. Principle of relativity. Angular momentum: central forces. Work and energy. Conservative forces and potential energy. Gradient of a scalar field. Principle of conservation of energy.
4. Dynamics of systems of particles
Linear momentum. Center of mass. Angular momentum. Energy. Conservation laws. Collisions. Experiments in particle accelerators. Generation of particles.
5. Dynamics of a rigid body
Angular momentum and rotational kinetic energy. Moment of inertia. Physical pendulum.
6. Gravity
Gravitational interaction. Kepler's laws. Gravitation universal law. Gravitational field and potential. Orbital motion. Escape velocity. Black holes, Big-Bang and expansion of the Universe.
7. Fluids
Hydrostatics: Archimedes' principle. Hydrodynamics: Flux of a vector field and continuity equation. Bernoulli's equation. Viscosity.
8. Oscillations and waves
Oscillations: free, damped and forced. Waves: wave equation. Longitudinal and transverse waves. Interference. Stationary waves. Doppler effect.
9. Electrostatic field
Electric charge. Coulomb's law. Electrostatic field and potential. Gauss's law: applications. Conductors. Electric dipole. Rutherford's atomic model. Structure of the atomic nucleus, nuclear forces. Fission and fusion.
10. Electric current
Current and current density. Stationary currents and charge conservation. Electrical conductivity and Ohm's law. Energy dissipation. Direct current (DC) circuits: electromotive force. Kirchoff's laws.
11. Magnetic field
Magnetic interaction. Lorentz's force. Magnetic force between stationary currents. Biot-Savart's law. Circulation of a vector field and Ampère's law. Magnetic dipole. Earth's magnetic field, cosmic rays, magnetosphere. Sun's magnetic field, prominences and plages.
12. Electromagnetic induction
Faraday-Henry's law. Induced electromotive force. Self-induction and mutual induction. Alternating current (AC) circuits.
13. Electromagnetic waves
Maxwell's displacement current. Electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic radiation. Polarization.
14. Fundamentals of optics
Laws of reflection and refraction. Dioptrics, prisms and mirrors. Lenses. Eye and optical instruments.
MethodologyToggle Navigation
- Magister lecturing
- Practical lecturing
- Control examinations
- Final examinations
Assessment systemsToggle Navigation
- Continuous Assessment System
- Final Assessment System
- Tools and qualification percentages:
- Exams (2) at the end of every term: 70%-85% of the final mark. Other written exams and tests developed during the course: 0% - 30% of the final mark. Continuous evaluation: 0% - 15% of the final mark. Total = (%): 100
Ordinary Call: Orientations and DisclaimerToggle Navigation
If a student fails in only one of the two partial examinations, the passed part is kept and the student may retake only the failed part in the ordinary examination.
The students have the option of refusing to take the continuous evaluation system and can choose the final examination, independently if they have parcipated or not in the continuous evaluation. The student has to inform the lecturers about the withdrawal to the continuous evaluation system by written communication or by electronic mail at most 18 weeks since the beginning of the course, according to the official academic schedule of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the UPV/EHU.
Extraordinary Call: Orientations and DisclaimerToggle Navigation
Final written exam covering the full subject.
Compulsory materialsToggle Navigation
Material provided to the students by the lecturers during lecturing and blended learning.
BibliographyToggle Navigation
Basic bibliography
1. Paul A. Tipler and Gene Mosca, Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, 6. de. ISBN: 9781429202657, editado por MacMillan Education, Palgrave.
2. Hugh Young, Roger Freedman, Francis Sears, Mark Zemansky (2015) University Physics with Modern Physics, Global Edition (14e), 14 edición, Pearson Education, ISBN 9781292100319
3. Wolfgang Bauer, Gary D. Westfall (2011) University Physics with Modern Physics, McGraw Hill Global Education, ISBN 0072857366
4. P. M. Fishbane, S. Gasiorowicz eta S. T. Thornton, Physics for scientists and engineers, 3ª Ed. Pearson, 2005.
5. R. A. Serway eta J. W. Jewett Jr., Física para ciencias e ingeniería, 6ª Ed. Thomson 2005.
In-depth bibliography
1. R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton eta M. L. Sands, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Pearson-Addison-Wesley Iberoamericana 2006.
2. M. Alonso and E. J. Finn, Physics, Prentice-Hall, 1992.
Journals
1. American Journal of Physics, journal is edited by "American Association of Physics Teachers" and it publishes interesting articles covering interesting topics for students and teachers of physics at different levels: http://scitation.aip.org/ajp/
2. In the WWW server of "Real Sociedad Española de Física" (RSEF), link "Publicaciones", the journal edited by this society can be found. The journal presents some interesting papers on Physics outreach, too: http://rsef.org
Web addresses
1. MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Open Courseware" service. This is material prepared by the Physics-teaching staff even for students not enrolled in MIT as well: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/
2. Angel Franco, teacher of Physics in the Applied Physics I department, has developed interesting resources for Physics students: http://www.sc.ehu.es/sbweb/fisica/
3. "Conceptual Learning of Science" WEB service: http://www.colos.org/
4. Collection of materials from Open Source Physics. http://www.compadre.org/osp/
5. MasteringPhysics http://www.masteringphysics.com/
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