Course syllabus adopted 2019-02-13 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).
Overview
- Swedish nameFysik
- CodeFFY401
- Credits7.5 Credits
- OwnerTKELT
- Education cycleFirst-cycle
- Main field of studyEngineering Physics
- DepartmentPHYSICS
- GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail
Course round 1
- Teaching language Swedish
- Application code 50137
- Open for exchange studentsNo
- Only students with the course round in the programme overview.
Credit distribution
Module | Sp1 | Sp2 | Sp3 | Sp4 | Summer | Not Sp | Examination dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0102 Examination 7.5 c Grading: TH | 7.5 c |
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In programmes
- TKELT - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, Year 1 (compulsory)
- TKKMT - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Year 1 (compulsory)
Examiner
Anders Hellman- Professor, Chemical Physics, Physics
Eligibility
General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.
Specific entry requirements
The same as for the programme that owns the course.Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.
Course specific prerequisites
Mathematics from the first year of studiesAim
The aim is to make the students familiar with important concepts and laws in mechanics, wave physics and modern physics.Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- formulate the general definitions of velocity and acceleration and apply these to translational movement in one, two and three dimensions (special attention is directed towards the description of circular movement).
- formulate Newton's laws and be familiar with their limitations and use them to solve simple problems where the involved bodies are regarded as particles and the interaction is mediated by gravitational forces, normal forces, tension and friction.
- be familiar with the concepts momentum, work, kinetic and potential energy.
- formulate the laws of conservation av momentum and mechanic energy, be aware of their limitations and apply them as alternative tools to solve simple mechanical problems.
- be familiar with the definitions of concepts as moment of inertia, torque and angular momentum that are important to describe and calculate the movement of rigid bodies that are exposed to external forces.
- be able to use these concepts, along with the law of conservation of momentum and mechanic energy, to solve simple problems that deal with statics and dynamics of rigid bodies.
- recognize the general math expressions for running and standing waves.
- describe for harmonic waves the concepts of amplitude, velocity, wavelength, period, frequency, angular frequency, wave vector, phase and phase constant.
- solve simple problems on mechanical/acoustic waves with concepts of intensity and acoustic impedance.
- apply concepts of interference, diffraction, refraction, resolution and polarisation to solve simple optical problems on slits, gratings, thin films, filter and surface reflection/transmission.
- be able to explain the theory of special relativity, apply the laws of Planck, Wien and Stefan to solve simple problems of blackbody radiation, describe the photoelectric effect and make simple energy calculations on the photoelectrons, account for the concepts of particle/wave dualism, Bohr's model for hydrogen, apply the Schrödinger equation and interpret wave function on simple problems, e.g. particle in a potential well.