Duration
16h Th, 18h Pr, 8h REM
Number of credits
| Bachelor in bioengineering | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Basic Definitions :
State variables, temperature, Principle zero, transformations, properties of substances.
Heat and heat transfer, First law of thermodynamics, application to closed systems, heat budgets.
Second law of thermodynamics: statements, application to cyclic transformations, efficiency, Carnot engine, Entropy, entropy budget.
The physical principles are illustrated with experiments performed during the lectures.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Fundamental physics laws.
- Initiation to scientific reasoning.
- Initiation problem resolution (translation in a formal language, resolution of the formal problem, solution analysis and interpretation).
- Orders of magnitude and approximations.
- analysis of experimental data.
- Heat budget.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Secondary school : French and Mathematics courses.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Lectures : 16h
Practical Works : 18h
Recommended or required readings
Courses slides (on eCampus).
Physics for scientists and engineers, J. W. Jewet and R. A. Serway
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Written examination
See the document "REGIME DES TESTS ET EXAMENS" for a detailed description of the exams organization.
A non-programmable scientific calculator (without graphic screen) can be used for exams.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
An e-mail sent by a student to a member of the teaching or administrative staff must contain the following information: surname, first name, number, course concerned and precise information about the request. In addition, the subject of the e-mail must contain the course code PHYS3024. If this is not the case, the email will not be followed up.
Contacts
Professors:
- Geoffroy Lumay (in charge of the Theory part) geoffroy.lumay@ulg.ac.be
- Bernard Longdoz (in charge of the pratical works-exercices) bernard.longdoz@uliege.be