General: Predict quantitatively the consequences of a variety of physical phenomena using analysis tools and through observation,measurement and calculation. Ensure advanced and thorough scientific training in the fundamental fields of physics, hence allowing disciplinary or interdisciplinary approaches to innovation.
Specific: Understand and interconnect the concepts and basic principles of classical physics, in the domains of Thermodynamic sand Modern Physics, such as mass, energy, radiation, force and field, through an integrative perspective of them; ability to applythem to problem solving, particularly in what concerns their technological applications, enhanced by an integrated teaching thatcontains a strong laboratory component.
1. Kinetic theory of gases. Temperature and kinetic energy. Specific heats at constant volume and constant pressure.
2. Energy and Entropy. The principles of thermodynamics. Reversible and irreversible transformations. Thermal machines. Heat transmission: convection, conduction, radiation.
3. Ultraviolet Catastrophe: Blackbody Radiation, Wien and Stefan Laws. Planck's law and the photoelectric effect.
4. Quantum Statistics: Fermions and Bosons; Pauli principle, periodic table of the elements.
5. Electrostatic field in vacuum. Notion of field and potential. Gauss's law. Electrical influence. Condensers. Electric energy.
30% continuous evaluation by reports on laboratory sessions;
20% continuous assessment by mini-tests (exclusively during class hours) [If an appropriate number of graders and/or teaching assistants is available, oral presentations and/or solution discussions can be considered]
50% Exam.
Introdução à Física, J.D. Deus et al. , 2014, Livraria Escolar Editora, ISBN: 9789725924402; Fundamentals of Physics, D. Halliday, R.Resnick, J. Walker , 2004, ISBN: 0-471-23231-9; Physics for Global Scientists and Engineers'' (vols 1 and 2), Serway, Jewett, Wilson,Wilson and Rowlands, 2017, ISBN10: 1-4737-5721-5
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