Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will understand: • measurements and units. • the mechanical properties of matter. • static electricity. • heat and the principles of thermodynamics. • the principles of Operation of Visual Organs.
Course Content (Syllabus)
Preliminaries: Introduction. Measurements - units - dimensions. Examples - Problems.
Mechanical properties of matter: Solids, liquids and gasses. Density, stress, pressure. Elastic deformation strain. Surface tension in liquids. Adhesion and capillary action. Hydrostatic pressure. Important principles of hydrostatics. Atmospheric pressure. Hydrodynamics. Laminar flow. Bernoulli' s equation. Viscosity. Laminar flow rate. Turbulent flow. Examples - Problems.
Electrostatics: Electric charge. Coulomb' s law. Electric field. Gauss' law. Examples - Problems.
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Κεφάλαια Φυσικής, Συγγραφείς:Αναγνωστόπουλος Α., Καρακώστας Θ., Δόνη Ε., Κομνηνού Φ., Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ, ISBN 960-431-249-9, Κωδικός Εύδοξος 11065
Additional bibliography for study
1.FUNDAMENTAL UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, Volume 1, M. Alonso-E. Finn, Addison-Wesley (USA)
2.UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, Sears-Zemansky-Young, Addison-Wesley (USA)
3.PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, Volume 1, Serway, Jewett, Brooks/Cole (USA)