This course is designed to provide students of basic geology degree with a knowledge of the main classical physics principles regarding electricity, magnetism and optics as well as their applications in the field of geology.
This course is intended to provide students a basic knowledge of the main classical physics principles regarding electricity, magnetism and optics as well as their applications in the field of geology
This course is intended to provide students a basic knowledge of the main classical physics principles regarding electricity, magnetism and optics as well as their applications in the field of geology
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Electrical field
Electrostatic energy
Capacitors
Resistivity
DC circuit, Kirchhoff's law
DC circuit, charging of a capacitor
Magnetic field
Laplace's second law
Laplace's first law
Ampère's law
Fileds in continuous fields*
Magnetic induction
Displacement currents
Inductors
AC circuits
EM waves: derivation and general ideas*
EM waves: properties
Propagation of EM waves*
Geometrical optics
Interference
Diffraction, polarisation
* These topics will not be addressed in the written exam.
H.D. Young, R.A. Feedman, Principi di Fisica vol. 2
Programme
Electrical forceElectrical field
Electrostatic energy
Capacitors
Resistivity
DC circuit, Kirchhoff's law
DC circuit, charging of a capacitor
Magnetic field
Laplace's second law
Laplace's first law
Ampère's law
Fileds in continuous fields*
Magnetic induction
Displacement currents
Inductors
AC circuits
EM waves: derivation and general ideas*
EM waves: properties
Propagation of EM waves*
Geometrical optics
Interference
Diffraction, polarisation
* These topics will not be addressed in the written exam.
Core Documentation
The course is broadly based on the volume:H.D. Young, R.A. Feedman, Principi di Fisica vol. 2
Reference Bibliography
The volume D. Halliday, R. Resnick, Fondamenti di Fisica can also be used as supporting material.Type of delivery of the course
The exam will consist in solving a series of exercises in written form; should the panel consider it necessary, a further oral exam may be required. Following the guidelines for the COVID-19 emergence, if access to the University is forbidden or extremely difficult, the exam may have its form changed into an oral, demanding the solution of an exercise, followed by further questions aiming at verifying the comprehension.Attendance
In matter of attendance, this course follows the general guidelines of the Corso di Laurea.Type of evaluation
The exam consists in solving a series of numerical problems. Depending on the evaluation of the panel, a further oral exam may be required or suggested. In the case of emergencies linked to the COVID-19 situation, the exam may be turned into an oral exam, in which one of the questions will require to solve a numerical problem. Regardless the modality, the exam is finalised to verifying the knowledge of the subject, as well as, the capability of building chains of reasoning.