Course syllabus adopted 2019-02-21 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).
Overview
- Swedish nameFysik för ingenjörer 1: Fysik för hållbar utveckling
- CodeTIF190
- Credits7.5 Credits
- OwnerTKIEK
- Education cycleFirst-cycle
- Main field of studyEngineering Physics
- ThemeEnvironment 1.5 c
- DepartmentPHYSICS
- GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail
Course round 1
- Teaching language Swedish
- Application code 51120
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0108 Examination 6 c Grading: TH | 6 c |
| |||||
| 0208 Laboratory 1.5 c Grading: UG | 1.5 c |
In programmes
Examiner
Åke Fäldt- Professor, 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.
Aim
The aims of the course are to establish a base of knowledge, skills and understanding of physics and sustainable development. The way the society use its resources, in particular its energy resources, will have a governing influence on the content and design of the course. The field of physics in focus of this course are thermodynamics, heat transfer and mechanics.
Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
- understand enviromental and sustainability problems by learning mechanics and thermodynamics.
- 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 of momentum and mechanic energy, be aware of their limitations and apply them as alternative tools to solve simple mechanical problems.
- formulate and solve the differential equations for simple oscillating systems and interpret the solutions.
- 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.
- be able to describe and explain phenomena and concepts in heat expansion, heat transfer and how energy is transformed between different forms.
- understand the concept of entropy and the function of heat pumps, refrigerators and heat engines.
- use this knowledge to solve numeric as well as qualitative problems.
- The thermodynamics that the course contains is a base for sustainable development.