25206 - Physical foundations of the environment
Basic Education
5.3. Syllabus
THEORY
Section I: Physics of Fluids
Unit 1: Fluid Statics
Unit 2: Fluid Dynamics
Section II: Thermodynamics
Unit 3: Temperature and Heat
Unit 4: First law of Thermodynamics
Unit 5: Second law of Thermodynamics
Section III: Waves
Unit 6: Harmonic Oscillator
Unit 7: Ondulatory Movement
Section IV: Electromagnetism
Unit 8: Electrostatics
Unit 9: Electrokinetics
Unit 10: Magnetism
Unit 11: Electromagnetic Induction
Unit 12: Alternating currents
Unit 13: Electromagnetic waves
OUTLINE OF LABORATORY PRACTICALS
Exercise 1.- Mechanics of solids and fluids
a) Expansion of solids.
b) Solving/checking the basic equation of fluid statics and the Archimedes' principle. Measuring the density of a cylinder.
c) Measurement of average speed of fluids using the continuity equation.
d) Proving Bernoulli´s Principle.
e) Measuring speeds in turbulent liquids.
Exercise 2.- Calorific Energy
a) Determining the heat capacity of a calorimeter.
b) Determining the specific heat (capacity) of liquids.
c) Determining the specific heat (capacity) of solids.
Exercise 3.- Harmonic oscillator: The simple pendulum
a) Determining the period and the acceleration of gravity.
b) Study of the variation of the period of a simple pendulum with length.
c) Determining the period of a simple pendulum for large oscillations.
Exercise 4.- Ohm´s Law. Association of Resistors.
a) Resistant measurement and the calculation of error.
b) Graphic representation of Ohm´s Law.
c) Determining the voltage distribution in a series circuit.
d) Determining current and power distributions in a parallel series circuit.
Exercise 5- Charging and discharging a capacitor in an RC series circuit
a) Varying the intensity and voltage according to timing
b) Determining the relaxation time of a circuit