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Experimental Physics

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Experimental Physics
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Mechanical and Process Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2004
Module code: MAB-1.3
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 1
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Written examination

[updated 12.09.2004]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

MAB-1.3 Mechanical and Process Engineering, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2004 , semester 1, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Folkerts
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Folkerts

[updated 17.06.2004]
Learning outcomes:
After completing this course, students will have acquired the basic physics needed to understand scientific and technical relationships.
Students will learn some of the fundamental relationships of physics and will gain the ability to apply these basic principles to a broad-range of problems.
Students will acquire an appreciation of the physical laws underlying many technical applications.

[updated 12.09.2004]
Module content:
Newtonian mechanics: introduction to the principles of Newtonian mechanics; equations of motion; gravitation; concept of work, power, etc.
 
Mechanical vibrations and waves (resonance); introduction to acoustics
 
Introduction to the mechanics of fluids and gases; Bernoulli equation
 
Electricity and magnetism; electrostatics; Coulomb’s law; electric field, voltage, electrostatic induction, electrical potential, capacity, direct current, Kirchhoff’s laws; superconductivity
 
Electrodynamics: electrical origins of magnetic fields; magnetic induction, Lorentz force, interaction of matter with magnetic fields; ferromagnetism; hysteresis
 
Introduction to optics and atomic physics  
 
Introduction to relativity theory

[updated 12.09.2004]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lectures

[updated 15.08.2012]
Recommended or required reading:
Pitka, Bohrmann, Stöcker, Terlecki: Physik – Der Grundkurs; Verl. H. Deutsch, 2. Aufl. 2001
ISBN 3-8171-1643-8~ € 20
 
Stöcker, H.: Taschenbuch der Physik; 4. Aufl. Verl. H. Deutsch, 2000
ISBN 3-8171-1627-6: ~ € 30

[updated 12.09.2004]
 
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