Marine Environment Physics (250555) – Course 2024/25 PDF
Contents
Properties of fluids. Pressure Fluids - specific density and gravity - compressibility Flotation and Archimedes' principle Exercises Types of flow. Continuity equation. Bernoulli's equation and energy conservation. Viscosity. Reynolds' number. Exercises Fluid practice
Dedication
10h Large group + 10h Medium group + 2h Laboratory classes + 30h 48m Self StudyTypes of waves and their properties. Energy and intensity. Mathematical representation Exercises Reflection, transmission and interference. Stationary waves Resonance Refraction. Snell's law. Diffraction Exercises Wave groups and Doppler effect Propagation of sound and light Exercises
Dedication
14h Large group + 6h Medium group + 28h Self StudyDedication
6h Laboratory classes + 8h 23m Self StudyTemperature, heat and energy transfer. Specific heat Latent heat Ideal gas equation. First law of thermodynamics. Isothermal, adiabatic and isobaric processes. Work. Ideal gases. Heat transfer. Conduction, convection and radiation. Exercises Thermal machines Reversible and irreversible processes. Entropy Second law of thermodynamics. Exercises
Dedication
8h Large group + 4h Medium group + 16h 47m Self Study