Thermodynamics 390-FG1-2TER
Profile: Academic
Form: Stationary
Subject: Obligatory
Module: Fundamentals of Physics
Branch of science and Discipline of science: Physical Science, Clasical Physics
Year/Semester: 2 year/3 semester/ first degree study
Didactic units: lectures 15 hrs, classes 15 hrs, laboratory 15 hrs
Didactic methods: Lecture in the form of a multimedia presentation are supported by seminars where students have to solve problems, discuss, consult, and do homework; laboratory: performing 5 experiments related to lecture subject, data analysis and written report prepared at home.
ECTS credits: 6
The balance of student workload: participation in lectures (15 hrs), classes (15 hrs), laboratory (15 hrs), participation i the consultations (3 hrs) and the total student workload in order to achieve learning outcomes (150 hrs).
Quantitative indicators: student workload associated with activities that require direct participation of teachers (118 hrs).
Students participate in the lectures, i.e. they actively participate in the discussion of problems and issues that arise in the material of the lecture and next in solving examples. During the course of accounting students receive a list of tasks for independent solution, the content of which is correlated with the content of the lecture. During the course students present their solutions. Practical methods - execution experiments on Thermodynamics. Students analyze problems in the field of basic physics, to find their solutions, analyze and formulate conclusions; used the theory of measurement uncertainty to analyze of experiment data. Teachers pay special attention to the understanding of the concepts used, clarity of presentation, stimulates the group to ask questions and discussion. Teachers try to create inside the practicing group a sense of responsibility for the team and encourage teamwork.
The themes of the lectures:
1. Definitions of basic concepts: system, phase, component, reversible and irreversible processes (1 hr)
2. Zero law of Thermodynamics, temperature, work, internal energy (2 hrs)
3. The first law of Thermodynamics, the second law of Thermodynamics, entropy (2 hrs)
4. The combination of first and second law of Thermodynamics, the third law of Thermodynamics (3 hrs)
5. The kinetic theory of gases, thermionic emission (3hrs)
6. Maxwell Distribution (2 hrs)
7. Kinetic theory of heat, specific heat according to Einstein model, specific heat by Debye (2 hrs)
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Learning outcomes
After successfully studying course of Thermodynamics students will be able to::
1. has knowledge of basic concepts, phenomena, and formalism of thermodynamics, laws of thermodynamics as well as theoretical models of chosen thermodynamic systems (K_W12);
2. can analyze problems regarding thermodynamics, find and present their solutions on basis of acquired knowledge and using known tools of mathematics run quantitative analysis and draw qualitative conclusions (K_U10);
3. can critically and with understanding use literature and information technology resources with the reference to foundations of physics (K_U17);
4. can analyze chosen problems regarding selected applications of physics on basis of the knowledge of physics and related disciplines in the range covered by the curriculum of a chosen majors (K_U30);
5. knows the limitations of their knowledge and understands the need for further learning, raising professional, personal and social skills (K_K01);
6. can independently find information in literature and internet resources, also in foreign languages(K_K05).
Assessment criteria
Thermodynamics ends with an oral exam after completing the tutorials and laboratories.
The credit for the exercises is based on the assessment that takes into account: activity and ability to solve tasks, understanding of the presented problems and ability to use tables and literature.
To gets assessment of laboratory necessary is: to execute all of labs, to prepare reports and answer to questions connected to an executed lab.
Bibliography
Mandatory bibliography:
E. Fermi, Thermodynamics, printed and manufactured in the USA 2019.
P. Jacobs, Thermodynamics, ed. Imperial College Press, 2013.
J.F. Lee and F.W. Sears, Thermodynamics – An Introductory Text for Engineering Students, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, INC, H.W. Emmons and B. Budiansky ed., Tokyo, 1962.
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