Thermodynamics 390-FS1-2TERM
Profile: Academic
Form: Stationary
Subject: Obligatory
Module: Fundamentals of Physics
Branch of science and Discipline of science: Physical Science, Classical Physics
Year/Semester: 2 year/3 semester/ first degree study
Didactic units: lecture 30 hrs, tutorials/exercises 45 hrs, laboratory 30 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 10 experiments related to lecture subject, data analysis and written report prepared at home.
ECTS credits: 10
The balance of student workload: participation in lectures (30 hrs), tutorials/exercises (45 hrs), laboratory (30 hrs), participation and the consultations (3 hrs) and the total student workload in order to achieve learning outcomes (249 hrs).
Quantitative indicators: student workload associated with activities that require direct participation of teachers (196 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 tutorials, 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
2. Zero law of Thermodynamics, temperature, work, internal energy
3. The first law of Thermodynamics, the second law of Thermodynamics, entropy
4. The Carnot cycle, efficiency, work available, irreversible systems
5. The properties of entropy, statistical interpretation of entropy
6. The combination of first and second law of Thermodynamics, the third law of Thermodynamics
7. The thermodynamic functions, thermodynamic Maxwell equations
8. The kinetic theory of gases, thermionic emission
9. Maxwell Distribution
10. Kinetic theory of the radiation, Rayleigh-Jeans formula, Wien law
11. Planck's quantum hypothesis, Stefan radiation law, radiation pressure
12. Kinetic theory of heat, specific heat according to Einstein model, specific heat by Debye
13. The spontaneous process under the constant pressure and at constant temperature
14. Gibbs free energy and chemical potential
15. Phase transitions in pure substances, classification of phase transitions, the condition of phases equilibrium
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Learning outcomes
Student:
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
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.
Thermodynamics end with an oral exam after completing the tutorials and laboratories.
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 introductury Text for Engineering Students, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, INC, H.W. Emmons and B. Budiansky eds., Tokyo, 1962.
Textbooks available on the Internet (free of charge).
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