Topic |
Sub-topic |
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PHYSICAL REALITY |
Introduction - Physical magnitudes and units - Dimensional analysis – Errors. |
2. KINEMATICS OF THE POINT AND RIGID BODY |
Material point - Vector position, velocity and acceleration - Tangent and normal components of the acceleration - Study of some movements: rectilinear and plane - Rigid body. |
3. PRINCIPLES OF THE DYNAMICS |
Concept of force - Newton Law’s - Newton´s theory of gravitation. |
4. DYNAMICS OF THE PARTICLE |
Equations of motion - Momentum and angular momentum - Radial Forces: Conservation of the angular momentum - Work and power - Kinetic Energy - Conservation of the mechanical energy - Non conservative forces. The conservation of energy. - Energy diagrams. |
5. OSCILLATING MOTION |
Simple harmonic Motion: Kinematics, Dynamics and Energy. |
6. DYNAMICS OF SYSTEMS OF PARTICLES |
Internal and external forces - Equation of motion for the center of mass - Work of external and internal forces – Collisions. |
7. THE RIGID BODY |
Rigid Body: Degrees of freedom, Rotational motion: Moment of inertia, angular momentum, Kinetic Energy. |
8. FLUIDS |
Pressure and density. Pressure in a fluid at rest. Measurement of pressure – Surface Tension– Capillarity. Jurin´s Law – Tate´s Law. |
9. INTRODUCTION TO THE THERMODYNAMICS. THERMOMETRY |
Macroscopic and microscopic description - Thermal equilibrium - Zero´th law of Thermodynamics. Temperature – Measure of temperature. Thermometers - Ideal Gas. Ideal gas temperature scale. |
10. HEAT AND WORK |
Thermodynamic Equilibrium. Equations of state. Quasiestatic Processes - Thermodynamic work - Heat capacity and specific heat. Latent heat. |
11. THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS |
The First Law of Thermodynamics - Internal Energy, enthalpy and heat capacities of the ideal gases. Mayer´s Law -Adiabatic changes of an ideal gas. |
12. THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS |
Introduction - Second Law: Clausius and Kelvin-Planck Statements - Cycle of Carnot. Theorem of Carnot- Thermodynamic Scale of Temperatures - Inequality of Clausius- Entropy. |