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PHYSICS 1

SIMONA MANCINI PHYSICS 1

0612700104
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
EQF6
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
2024/2025



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
432LESSONS
216EXERCISES


MARIAROSARIA FALANGA T Curriculum
SIMONA MANCINI Curriculum
ExamDate
FISICA 1 (A-H)07/02/2025 - 09:00
FISICA 1 (A-H)07/02/2025 - 09:00
FISICA 1 (A-H)18/02/2025 - 14:00
FISICA 1 (A-H)18/02/2025 - 14:00
Objectives
THE COURSE PROVIDES KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCES ON MECHANICS THAT ARE RELEVANT FOR ENGINEERING, ALSO FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING THE BASIS FOR SUBSEQUENT COURSES.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE MEASUREMENT THEORY AND THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD. ELEMENTS OF KINEMATICS OF POINT PARTICLES AND RIGID BODIES. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE DYNAMICS OF POINT PARTICLES AND RIGID BODIES. CONCEPTS OF WORK, KINETIC ENERGY, POTENTIAL ENERGY. CONSERVATION LAWS: ENERGY, LINEAR AND ANGULAR MOMENTUM. MAIN FEATURES OF OSCILLATING SYSTEMS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
USE VECTOR ALGEBRA. USE DIMENSION ANALYSIS IN EQUATIONS DEALING WITH PHYSICAL QUANTITIES. SOLVE SIMPLE PROBLEMS OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS, CONCERNING THE MOTION OF SYSTEMS OF POINT PARTICLES AND RIGID BODIES.
Prerequisites
IN ORDER TO SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVE THE ABOVE GOALS THE STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO POSSESS KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE ABOUT BASIC NOTIONS OF ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, AND TRIGONOMETRY.
Contents
Didactic unit 1: ELEMENTS OF VECTOR ALGEBRA
(LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 2/2/0)
- 1 (1 Hour Lecture + 1 hour practice): vectors and their representations, vector sum and vector subtraction, the parallelogram method.
- 2 (1 Hour Lecture + 1 hour practice): scalar and vector product. Application to simple example in mechanics.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: acquisition of the knowledge related to the basic concepts of vector algebra.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: capability of calculating simple vector algebra operations.

Didactic unit 2: kinematics of translational and rotational motions
(LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 7/3/0)
- 1 (2 hours Lecture): uniform rectilinear motion and uniformly accelerated motion. Examples.
- 2 (2 hours Lecture): parabolic motions and examples.
- 3 (2 hours Lecture): circular motion and examples.
- 4 (1 hour Lecture + 1 hour Practice): summary of the theoretical concepts and exercises.
- 5 (2 hours Practice): summary exercises about uniform rectilinear motion, uniformly accelerated motion, parabolic motion and circular motion in preparation of the midterm test.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: acquisition of the basic concepts about the kinematics of motions with constant acceleration.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: ability of solving simple exercises about motions with constant acceleration.

Didactic unit 3: Dynamics of point masses.
(LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 7/3/0)
- 1 (2 hours Lecture): The Newton’s Laws.
- 2 (2 hours Lecture): Examples of forces: Gravity, constraining forces, friction.
- 3 (2 hours Lecture): Simple machines: Inclined planes, ideal ropes and ideal pulleys.
- 4 (1 hour Lecture + 1 hour Practice): Atwood’s machine: theory and practice.
- 5 (2 hour Practice): summary exercises about simple cases of dynamics of point masses.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: acquisition of the knowledge related to the basic concepts of dynamics of point masses.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: capability of solving simple problems of dynamics of point masses.

Didactic unit 4: Work; Energy; Impulse; Linear and Angular Momentum.
(LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 6/4/0)

- 1 (2 hours Lecture): Theorem Impulse-Linear momentum; Theorem Work-Kinetic Energy. Examples.
- 2 (2 hours Lecture): Conservative forces. Energy balance equation. Conservation of mechanical energy.
- 3 (2 hours Practice): calculation of mechanical work, solution of simple problems on the energy balance and on the conservation of the mechanical energy.
- 4 (2 hours Lecture): Conservation of the Linear Momentum. The Angular Momentum and its theorem. Conservation of the Angular Momentum.

- 5 (2 hours Practice); Problems on the conservation of the linear and angular momentum. Summary problems on the energy balance and on the conservation of the mechanical energy.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: acquisition of the basic concepts of conservative and non-conservative forces, mechanical energy, linear momentum, impulse of force, angular momentum.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: capability of correctly applying the energy balance equation.

Didactic unit 5: Simple harmonic oscillations.
(LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 4/0/0)

- 1 (2 hours Lecture): Elastic forces; Hooke’s law; simple harmonic oscillator; simple pendulum.
- 2 (2 hours Lecture): Damped oscillator; damped pendulum.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: knowledge about the linear oscillations.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: capability of solving the harmonic oscillator in linear regime.

Didactic unit 6: Systems of many point masses and rigid bodies.
(LECTURE/PRACTICE/LABORATORY HOURS 6/4/0)

- 1 (2 hours Lecture): Systems of many point masses; Center-of-Mass. Koenig’s theorems.
- 2 (2 hours Lecture): Cardinal equations of systems of many point masses. Moment of Inertia.
- 3 (2 hours Lecture): Cardinal equations of Rigid Bodies. Pure rolling motion. Statics of rigid bodies.
- 4 (2 hours Practice); Problems on pure rolling motion of a rigid body. Summary exercises.
- 5 (2 hours Practice): simulation of the final written test.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: acquisition of the basic knowledge of the systems of many point masses and rigid bodies.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: capability of correctly applying the cardinal equations of motion for solving simple problems of rigid bodies in pure rolling motion.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE IS ARTICULATED IN 48 HOURS (6 CFU) OF FRONTAL LECTURES (32 HOURS THEORY AND 16 HOURS PRACTICE), TAKING PLACE IN THE CLASSROOM ALSO USING MULTIMEDIA FACILITIES.

THE PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES ARE AIMED AT THE STUDENTS’ ACQUISITION, WITH “HANDS-ON” MODE, OF THE BASIC LAWS APPREHENDED DURING THE COURSES, THROUGH THEIR APPLICATION TO SIMPLE ALMOST REALISTIC PHYSICAL CASES.
IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FINAL EVALUATION PROCEDURE AND THE GAIN OF THE COURSE CREDITS, STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ATTENDED THE COURSE FOR THE 70% AT LEAST OF THE SCHEDULED HOURS OF THE FRONTAL LECTURES.
Verification of learning
STUDENTS’ PROFIT IS ASSESSED THROUGH A MID-TERM TEST, A WRITTEN FINAL TEST AND AN ORAL INTERVIEW.
THE MIDTERM TEST, WHOSE DURATION IS 1.5 HOURS CONSISTS IN SOLVING EXERCISES/PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE TOPICS RELATING TO THE FIRST HALF OF THE COURSE.
THE FINAL WRITTEN TEST, WHOSE DURATION IS 1.5 HOURS, CONSISTS IN SOLVING EXERCISES/PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE TOPICS RELATING TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE COURSE.
EACH WRITTEN TEST CONSISTS IN SOLVING EXERCISES/PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THOSE ONES AFFORDED DURING THE PRACTICAL ACITIVITIES PERFORMED IN THE COURSE.
THE STUDENTS NOT ATTENDING OR NOT SUCCEEDING THE MIDTERM TEST HAVE TO ATTEND A WRITTEN TEST, WHOSE DURATION IS 2,5 HOURS, WHICH WILL CONTAIN EXERCISES/PROBLEMS ON THE WHOLE COURSE TOPICS AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE SAME DATE AND TIME OF THE FINAL WRITTEN TEST.
THE WRITTEN TESTS ARE EVALUATED IN THIRTIES. THE FINAL SCORE IS OBTAINED TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF THE OUTCOME OF THE ORAL INTERVIEW AND THE WRITTEN TESTS, WHICH HAVE A PREVALENT WEIGHT ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE FINAL SCORE.
THE STUDENTS THAT WILL SHOW AN EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURSE TOPICS, EXCELLENT ABILITY TO EXPOSURE THE ARGUMENTS BESIDES THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO THE SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS NEVER AFFORDED PREVIOUSLY DURING THE COURSE WILL BE AWARDED WITH THE SCORE OF MAGNA CUM LAUDE.
Texts
TEXBOOKS:
AA.VV. LA FISICA DI BERKELEY, MECCANICA, ZANICHELLI PUBLISHER.
HALLIDAY, RESNICK, KRANE, FISICA 1, PUBLISHER AMBROSIANA.
MENCUCCINI, SILVESTRINI, FISICA I, PUBLISHER LIGUORI.
QUARTIERI, SIRIGNANO, ELEMENTI DI MECCANICA, CUA.

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