Course detail

Physical Laboratory I

FSI-TR1 Acad. year: 2027/2028 Summer semester

The course familiarises students with the basics of physical measurements. The course deals with the following topics: comparison of calculated and measured data, numerical integration of the motion equation, model definition, numeric and graphic solution. Individual work of students with laboratory guide and experimental work are preferred.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Supervisor

prof. Mgr. Miroslav Černý, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Physical Engineering

Entry knowledge

Students are expected to have prior basic experimental experience (measurement of basic physical quantities) and mathematical skills necessary for data processing (solving equations, basics of differential calculus).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

During the course, students can get points for reports from experimental measurements. To pass the course successfully, the rating better than 50% is necessary. The classification will be based on final number of points: A: 90 – 100%; B: 80 – 90%; C: 70 – 80%; D: 60 – 70%; E: 50 – 60%; F: 0 – 50%.
Attendance is compulsory. Missed lessons and related points may be compensated for via make-up tasks by the agreement with the teacher.

Aims

The aim of the course is to teach students to independently design and implement simple experimental solutions to physical problems, to process data and to interpret and discuss these results. Students should also become familiar with the functions and properties of basic measuring instruments. Completion of the course should contribute to the deepening of students' independent thinking, expressive abilities of both oral and written and experimental skills.

The study programmes with the given course

Programme B-FIN-P: Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology, Bachelor's, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Syllabus


  1. Measurement, acuracy and precision: Introduction to data acquisition [1 week]

  2. Speed of sound: Resonance method, measuring of time and length – direct method, comparing the both methods; discussion [2 weeks]

  3. Toughness of a spring (elongated by its own weight) [2 weeks]

  4. Speed of pulse propagation in a spring (What affects the speed? Testing of the hypotheses) [1 week]

  5. Damped oscillations of a torsional pendulum: Numerical soultion of the equation of motion (The Euler method), theory and experiment. [2 weeks]

  6. Pendulum with a rubber string (Equation of motion in 2D) [1 week]

  7. Convolution: Impulse response in linear systems. [2 weeks]

  8. Stirling's engine: Efficiency. [1 week]

  9. Brachistochrone [1 week]