2023
Physics Applied to Pharmaceutical Sciences
Name: Physics Applied to Pharmaceutical Sciences
Code: FIS13726I
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Physics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
The syllabus contents include the topics of Physics considered relevant for students in Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences courses.
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Learning Goals
The student should:
- acquire a set of structured knowledge and fundamental physics laws important for life sciences, and interconnect them with chemical and biological phenomena;
- solving exercises;
- carry out experimental work based on the available experience guides;
- prepare reports of experimental activities with precision and clarity.
- acquire a set of structured knowledge and fundamental physics laws important for life sciences, and interconnect them with chemical and biological phenomena;
- solving exercises;
- carry out experimental work based on the available experience guides;
- prepare reports of experimental activities with precision and clarity.
Contents
Introduction and review of basic concepts related to Dynamics branch of Mechanics.
Solids: Stress and deformation. Elasticity. Hooke's law, Young's modules, Poisson's, compressibility, and rigidity. Torsion and stiffness module. Bending and Young modulus.
Fluids: fluid properties (surface tension and capillarity; viscosity, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids). Fundamental law of hydrostatics. Pascal's law. Buoyant force and Archimedes' law. Inviscid fluid flow and Bernoullis equation. Viscous fluid flow and Hagen-Poiseuille´s law. Flow of incompressible fluid in pipes: flow regimes, Moodys diagram, pressure losses in pipe systems. Stokes' law, terminal velocity, and sediment deposition. Particle diffusion and Fick's law. Dimensional analysis and similarity. Theorem of Riabouchinsky-Buckingham.
Waves: Oscillations and mechanical waves. Sound waves. Electromagnetic waves. Fermat's principle. Laws of geometrical optics.
Solids: Stress and deformation. Elasticity. Hooke's law, Young's modules, Poisson's, compressibility, and rigidity. Torsion and stiffness module. Bending and Young modulus.
Fluids: fluid properties (surface tension and capillarity; viscosity, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids). Fundamental law of hydrostatics. Pascal's law. Buoyant force and Archimedes' law. Inviscid fluid flow and Bernoullis equation. Viscous fluid flow and Hagen-Poiseuille´s law. Flow of incompressible fluid in pipes: flow regimes, Moodys diagram, pressure losses in pipe systems. Stokes' law, terminal velocity, and sediment deposition. Particle diffusion and Fick's law. Dimensional analysis and similarity. Theorem of Riabouchinsky-Buckingham.
Waves: Oscillations and mechanical waves. Sound waves. Electromagnetic waves. Fermat's principle. Laws of geometrical optics.
Teaching Methods
Lectures: an oral and audio-visual presentation presented by the coordinator of the course. The purpose of a lecture is to convey critical information and theories. Students are expected to listen carefully and take notes.
Practical classes: problem-solving exercises of key subjects of each syllabus topic.
Lab classes: handling experimental equipment to consolidate concepts taught in theoretical classes and report writing. These classes are mandatory.
Grading:
- Continuous assessment: 2 tests (minimum score of each test 8 point out of 20) + lab grade (minimum score of 9 point out of 20).
Final grade: 0.60 * grade of the average of the 2 tests + 0.40 * lab grade
-Assessment by exam: exam (minimum score of 8 point out of 20) + lab grade (minimum score of 9 points out of 20).
Final grade: 0.60 * exam grade + 0.40 * lab grade
Practical classes: problem-solving exercises of key subjects of each syllabus topic.
Lab classes: handling experimental equipment to consolidate concepts taught in theoretical classes and report writing. These classes are mandatory.
Grading:
- Continuous assessment: 2 tests (minimum score of each test 8 point out of 20) + lab grade (minimum score of 9 point out of 20).
Final grade: 0.60 * grade of the average of the 2 tests + 0.40 * lab grade
-Assessment by exam: exam (minimum score of 8 point out of 20) + lab grade (minimum score of 9 points out of 20).
Final grade: 0.60 * exam grade + 0.40 * lab grade
Teaching Staff
- António Alberto Ferreira Miguel [responsible]
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