TECHNICAL PHYSICS

Course objectives

The Course provides students with the knowledge essential for the proper use of technical fundamentals of thermodynamics, heat transfer and acoustics in the field of energy and energy conservation. Troubleshooting of basic thermodynamics and fluid dynamics of fluids, energy, heat transfer, acoustics.

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ANDREA VALLATI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Cenni di acustica. Cenni di illuminotecnica. Heat transfer: Thermal fields. Steady state solutions: plane layer (mono and multilayer). Natural and forced Convection. Coefficient of convection: study and calculation in principal convection cases. Black and grey bodies. Laws of Planck, Stefan-Boltzmann Wien and Kirchhoff. Energy exchange between surfaces. Transmittance. Thermal resistance. Heat exchangers. Cooling fins. Solar Radiation of an opaque wall. Thermodynamics. Introduction to Thermodynamics: priciples. Thermodynamics for open systems. Thermodynamics cycles. Description of air and vapour mixtures. Psychrometric transformations. Thermal comfort and indoor air quality. Fundamentals of acoustics. Fundamentals of lightings.
Prerequisites
Algebra, euclidean geometry, calculus, solution of linear differential equations. Theory of thermodynamics.
Books
- I. Barducci - Trasmissione del calore - Ed. Masson - M. Felli - Lezioni di Fisica Tecnica - Volume primo - Ed. Morlacchi - G. Moncada Lo Giudice, M. Coppi - Benessere termico e qualità dell’aria interna - Ed. Masson - G. Moncada Lo Giudice, S. Santoboni - Acustica - Ed. Masson - G. Moncada Lo Giudice, A. de Lieto Vollaro - Illuminotecnica - Ed. Masson
Frequency
Class in presence, or online and hybrid if allowed.
Exam mode
The exam is written and an oral colloquium , with exercises to solve numerically, focused mainly on the course topics.
Lesson mode
Frontal teaching, with explanation on blackboard and powerpoint presentations.
  • Lesson code1017671
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseCivil Engineering
  • CurriculumIngegneria Civile (percorso formativo valido anche ai fini del conseguimento del doppio titolo italo-venezuelano)
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDING-IND/11
  • CFU6
  • Subject areaAttività formative affini o integrative