italian version

Aims :

The aim of the course is to provide the students with the fundamentals of classical thermodynamics and to prepare them to use the concepts of physics in the framework of their future professional activity. In particular, a fundamental objective consists in the training of the students to use logical forms suited to the critical analysis of the experimental evidences and the related phenomenological description.

Topics :

Thermodynamic systems. Model of the ideal gas. Transfer of energy: The first law of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic cycles. The second law of thermodynamics. Entropy and chaos. Thermodynamic potentials.

Textbooks :

- R.G.M. Caciuffo, S. Melone, Fisica Generale, Vol. I, Zanichelli
- D. Halliday, R. Resnick, Fondamenti di Fisica, CEA

Exam :

Written and oral test.

Tutorial Session :

To be defined once known the lessons scheduling (and available on the personal web page of the teacher).