Physics I

Code:

EA0019

Acronym:

FI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Interp/Personal professional attitudes and capac.
OFICIAL	Basic Sciences

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.fe.up.pt/0708/course/view.php?id=303
Responsible unit:	Department of Engineering Physics
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	66	Syllabus since 2006/07	2	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

CDIO:
1.1 Knowledge of fundamental sciences (Physics);
2.1 Proficiency in problem solving and analysis.

Generic:
• The gain of familiarity with the basic vocabulary of Physics and the place of Physics in Science and Engineering.
• The acquisition of the fundamental knowledge for the understanding of the phenomenology in (classical) mechanics, including wave motion and hydrostatics.
• The attainement of abilities, both individual as well as collaborative, in the analysis of phenomenological examples by studying specific exemples and experimental setups.
• The development, alone and in a team, of the capacities to solve exercises in the forementioned subjects and the abilities to express the results in both oral and written form.

(Detailed information on the learning objectives may be found in the study guides available in moodle.)

Program

1. Classical Mechanics. Measurements and units. Vectors. Kinematics. Newton's Laws. Work and energy. Systems of particles. Conservation laws. Collisions. Rotation od a rigid body around a fixed axis. Statics. Systems with many particles.
2. Hydrostatics. Density of a fluid. Pressure. Fundamental law of hydrostatics. Buoyancy and Arquimedes' Principle.
3. Vibrations and Waves. Harmonic motion: simple, damped and forced. Progressive waves. Harmonic waves. Energy in wave motion. Sound waves. Standing waves. Diffraction and interference. Doppler effect.

Mandatory literature

Tipler, Paul A.; Física para cientistas e engenheiros. ISBN: 85-216-1462-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures/Recitations: (1h00, three times per week)
These lectures will be dedicated to the main contact with the physics issues under study, using, whenever possible, practical demonstrations and computer simulations. The presentation of the subjects is oriented from the practical phenomenological aspects to the general models and laws. Consolidation by discussing practical applications.
Methodology based on effective teaching. Distributed evaluation (DE) activities.

Recitation classes : (1h00, once a week)
Dedicated to group activities: exercise solving, alone or in group, under teacher supervision; presentation of homework assignments and laboratory results. Distributed evaluation (DE) assignments.

Support: All the support to the course, from the electronic publication of summaries, lecture notes, problem sheets to be used in exercise sessions, guidelines for experiments, solutions/corrections and results of the distributed evaluation (DE) assignments, etc, up to the contact with the teachers, in online forums, will be conducted through the e-learning facility Moodle@FEUP, (http://moodle.fe.up.pt/), in which the students should enroll.

keywords

Physical sciences > Physics
Physical sciences > Physics > Classical mechanics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	54,00
Final Exam	Exame	2,50		2009-02-21
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

To attain frequency, all regularly registered student must:
- Not miss more than the allowed number of classes (25%, "Normas Gerais de Avaliação", General Grading Rules, Art 4º, Nº 1);
- Obtain a final mark of ten (10) in the distributed evaluation (DE).

Students with special registration (General Grading Rules, Art 4º, Nº 3), namely working students, military, or students with frequency grade from 2006/2007, are excused from the distributed evaluation (DE).

Calculation formula of final grade

Students with regular registration, witout frequency:
Distributed evaluation (DE) - 50%: three tests (40 min), to be solved individually (30%); homework (10%) and laboratory (10%) group work.
Final exam (FE) (2h30) - 50%.

• Only the students with a valid frequency grade from the DE are admitted to the exam (General Evaluation Rules, FEUP - Normas Gerais de Avaliação, Art 7º, Nº 1).
• In order to be approved, the mark attained in the final exam must not be less than nine (9) in twenty.

Final course grade: 0.5 DE + 0.5 FE.

Students with frequency grade from 2007/2008:
Students registered in the course who have attained frequency in 2007/2008 may choose either to keep their frequency grade, in which case they only have to make the final exam and their final mark is given by the rule of 2007/2008- 0.3 DE + 0.7 FE, or to enroll in a new distributed evaluation in 2008/2009, under the above rules for the students without frequency.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not planned.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

By exam, under the General Grading Rules.

Classification improvement

By exam, under the General Grading Rules.

Observations

The use of a formula sheet and a calculator are allowed in all exams and tests of the course.