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Mechanics and Waves

Mechanics and Waves

Code	10278
Year	1
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	T(30H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Physics
Entry requirements	Domain of the essential contents of Physics that are contained in several manuals destined to the high school education. Knowledge of elementary mathematical calculus.
Mode of delivery	--Face to Face with recourse to e-learning.
Work placements	--Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	The objective of the Curricular Unit is that students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of Physics useful to Engineering in the field of classical mechanics including the study of waves and vibrations. At the end of the Course the student should be able to analyze, understand and describe mathematically some elementary mechanics, waves and vibrations phenomena. Consequently they will be able to apply the basic principles of classical mechanics in the description and discussion of various phenomena involving Newtonian mechanics.
Syllabus	Systems of Units. Movement. Laws of Newton. Work and energy. Potential energy. Conservation of the mechanical energy. Energy conservation. Particle systems and conservation of the linear moment. Center of mass. Movement of the center of mass. Kinetic energy of a particle system. Collisions. Moment of a force and moment of inertia. Angular moment. Kinetic energy of rotation. Static balance and elasticity. Tension and deformation. Young's modulus and module of shear. Fluids. Hydrostatics. Fluids in motion. Bernoulli equation. Law of Poiseuille. Number of Reynolds. Oscillations. Transverse waves and longitudinal waves. Harmonic waves. Waves against obstacles. Overlapping of waves and standing waves. Sound waves.
Main Bibliography	Física-1-Mecânica-Halliday & Resnick -10ª-Edição, Volume 1, LTC - Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editores S.A., Rio de Janeiro, 2016 Física-2 -Gravitação, Ondas e Termodinâmica -Halliday & Resnick -10ª-Edição, Volume 2, LTC - Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editores S.A., Rio de Janeiro, 2016 P. Tipler e G. Mosca, Física para Cientistas e Engenheiros, (6ª edição), Volume 1, LTC - Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editores S.A., Rio de Janeiro, 2009 Resnick, Halliday e Krane, Física 1, (5ª edição), Volume 1, LTC - Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editores S.A., Rio de Janeiro, 2002
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.