Module ME1010-KP06, ME1010-MLS

Physics 1 (Physik1KP6)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

6

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor Molecular Life Science 2024, compulsory, physics
  • Bachelor MLS 2018, compulsory, life sciences
  • Bachelor MLS 2016, compulsory, life sciences
  • Bachelor MLS 2009, compulsory, life sciences

Classes and lectures:

  • Physics 1 (lecture, 4 SWS)

Workload:

  • 120 hours private studies
  • 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • Physical values, units, accuracy, measurement errors
  • Mathematical methods and notations
  • Kinematics of point mass, Newton’s Axioms, contact forces, modulus, virtual forces, Newton’s equation of motion, differential equations
  • Work and energy, power and efficiency, momentum, inertia, physical pendulum, momentum of rotation
  • Conservation laws and symmetries
  • Gravitation, oscillation, waves, acoustics, Doppler effect
  • Resting and flowing gases and liquids, effects of surfaces and interfaces
  • Temperature, thermometer, therm. expansion, state equations, kinetic gas theory
  • Van-der-Waals state equation, heat capacity, heat conduction, 1st law of thermodynamics, volume work, p-V diagram
  • Adiabatic processes, 2nd law of thermodynamics, thermal engines and Carnot cycle, efficiency, heat pump
  • Entropy, disorder and probability, 3rd law of thermodynamics

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • You can name the basic laws of physics
  • You can measure according to physics rules
  • You can explain physical laws based on observations
  • You can formally analyze physical problems
  • You can judge which concept is best suited to solve a certain problem
  • You can design novel physical experiments on your own

Grading through:

  • written exam

Responsible for this module:

Literature:

  • Douglas C. Giancoli : Physik

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Prerequisites for the modul:
- nothing

Prerequisites for admission to the written examination:
- nothing

Modul exam:
- ME1010-L1: Physics 1, written exam, 90 min, 100 % modul grade

Last Updated:

18.10.2024