Syllabus 2007/2008 FAF603

Syllabus academic year 2007/2008

PHYSICS

FAF603

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: G1 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. Compulsory for: IBYI1, IBYV1. Course coordinator: Rolf Petersson, rolf.petersson@nuclear.lu.se, Fysik, kurslaboratoriet. Assessment: Written examination sets the final grade. Experimental sessions must be completed as well as one compulsory exercise. Parts: 3. Further information: Two experimental sessions will be carried out at the Department of Physics in Lund, as well as the experimental part of the compulsory exercise. Home page: http://kurslab-atom.fysik.lth.se.

Aim
The aim of the course is to give the student basic knowledge of experimental methods in physics, fluid physics and electricity. The experimental methods are used to analyse and build relations between different physical variables within all technical branches. In this course we apply the experimental methods on the fluid physics and electricity.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to explain and use the concepts of temperature, pressure, partial pressure, relative humidity, heat and heat transfer and specific heat capacity.
be able to explain how thermodynamic changes are put together to form a cyclic process.
be able to define resistance, capacitance, inductance and impedance.

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to both control and construct relations with dimensional analysis.
be able to execute calculations on moving fluids with Bernoulli´s equation.
be able to execute calculations on heat transfer through different materials and combination of materials in order to optimise consumption of power.
be able to calculate the efficiency of heat engines.
be able to use fundamental concepts in electricity, both DC and AC.
be able to measure, direct or indirect, the fundamental variables in electricity and be able to construct and analyse simple circuit diagram.
be able to estimate the electric security and risks of a working place.
be able to execute calculations on tree-phase current with phase diagram.

Contents

Experimental methods in physics.
Temperature, heat and heat transfer, pressure, the ideal gas law, capillarity and fluid flow.
Thermodynamics and cyclic processes.
Charge, voltage and potential difference.
Resistors, capacitors and impedance.
DC and AC.
Phase shift and power correcting.
Electricity and safety.
Three-phase current.
Measurement of electrical variables.

Literature
Jönsson, G: Fysik i vätskor och gaser. Teach Support 2004. ISBN: 91-972499-3-9
Hellborg, R: Kompendium Ellära. Lund 2006.
Petersson, R: Kompendium i Experimentell metodik med laborationshandledning. Lund 2007.
Byggel. Byggförlaget 1990. ISBN: 91-85194-16-6.
Sikö, A: Tillämpad ellära. Studentlitteratur 2006. ISBN: 91-44-00679-9

Parts

Code: 0105. Name: Physics.
Higher education credits: 4,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written examination. Contents: See contents above.

Code: 0205. Name: Laboratory Work.
Higher education credits: 1,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Approved written report after each experimental session. If the report is not approved during the course, the experimental session must be redone at the next available occasion. Contents: See the instructions for the experimental sessions.

Code: 0305. Name: Assignments.
Higher education credits: 1,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Approved compulsory exercise. If the report is not approved during the course, the compulsory exercise must be redone at the next available occasion. Contents: See the instructions for the experimental sessions.