Course detail
Selected Topics in Physics B
FSI-0FB Acad. year: 2027/2028 Summer semester
The course includes parts of the Physics BF course covering the mechanics of a mass point and a rigid body, oscillations and waves, as well as electrostatics, electric current and simple circuits.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
2
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Students are expected to have at least basic knowledge of mathematics: solving of linear and quadratic equations.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The course is completed with an ungraded credit. The condition for obtaining it is at least 60% participation in lessons.
Aims
The aim of the course is to help students reduce the difficulties accompanying (for a large number of students) studying a university course in physics and basic engineering disciplines. The student defines basic physical quantities, explains the basic laws of physics and the conditions of their validity and applies them to solve physical and simple technical problems.
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specialization STG: Manufacturing Technology, elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
The instruction runs roughly in parallel with the exercises and lectures for the Physics BF course and follows the same schedule. Topics primarily include:
The International System of Units (SI); base and derived units.
Two-dimensional and three-dimensional motion. Average and instantaneous velocity. Average and instantaneous acceleration. Relative motion along a straight line.
Newton’s laws, force, and the equation of motion.
Kinetic energy, work done by constant and variable forces, and power. Reference frames. Potential energy. Work done by non-conservative forces and the law of conservation of mechanical energy. The law of conservation of total energy.
Quantities characterizing rotational motion. The correspondence between linear (tangential) and angular quantities. Kinetic energy of a body in rotational motion. Calculation of the moment of inertia; the parallel axis theorem (Steiner’s theorem). Equation of motion for the rotation of a rigid body (the angular momentum theorem).
Oscillations. Harmonic motion. Equation of motion for harmonic motion. Damped oscillators. Forced oscillations and resonance. Waves and particles. Types of waves. Transverse and longitudinal waves. Traveling waves. Speed of a traveling wave. The principle of superposition. Wave interference. Standing waves and natural modes of oscillation.
Electric charge. Conductors and non-conductors (insulators). Coulomb’s law. Conservation of charge. Electric field—field intensity (strength) and potential. Electric field lines. Electric field of a point charge. Electric field of a dipole. Point charge in an electric field. Dipole in an electric field.
Moving charges and electric currents. Electric current. Current density. Resistivity. Ohm’s law. Power in electric circuits. Work and energy, electromotive force. Calculating current in a simple circuit. Voltage in circuits. Multi-loop circuits.
The content may be modified according to the interests and needs of the students.