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[ TPBPBVOGRU1 ] VL Fundamentals of Physics I (Mechanics, Thermodynamics)

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Workload Education level Study areas Responsible person Hours per week Coordinating university
6 ECTS B1 - Bachelor's programme 1. year Physics Peter Zeppenfeld 4 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Original study plan Bachelor's programme Technical Physics 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
After successful completion of the course, students are able to describe basic and advanced concepts from the listed areas of mechanics and thermodynamics. They can apply the reasoning and problem-solving methods of physics and transfer them to specific physical systems.

This lecture is methodically complemented by the exercise Grundlagen der Physik I (Mechanik und Wärmelehre).

Skills Knowledge
Upon completing the course, students learn the following skills. They are able to

  • understand and explain basic concepts and phenomena in the field of classical mechanics and thermodynamics (k1/k2);
  • formulate and interpret physical laws and theories in a precise and analytical manner (k3);
  • transfer the principles of classical mechanics and thermodynamics to other advanced physical problems (k3).
During the course, students acquire knowledge in the following areas and concepts of mechanics and thermodynamics:

  • physical quantities and units;
  • forces, kinematics and dynamics of mass points, Newton's laws, gravitation, conservation laws for energy, momentum and angular momentum;
  • inertial systems, Galilei transformation;
  • rigid and deformable bodies;
  • oscillations;
  • fluids and gases;
  • fundamentals of thermodynamics, laws of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, entropy, cyclic processes.
Criteria for evaluation written and eventually additional oral examination
Methods lecture with demonstration experiments
Language German
Study material announced by the lecturer
Changing subject? No
On-site course
Maximum number of participants -
Assignment procedure Direct assignment