Elements of Physics

FUNDAMENTALS OF ELEMENTARY PHYSICS Scalar and vector fundamental physical quantities. Units of measure. Elements of elementary trigonometry.

MECHANICS Position and time law, speed and acceleration.
Uniform and uniformly accelerated motion. Rotational motion and angular velocity. Strength and mass. Principles of dynamics. Weight and gravitational force. The friction. Work and kinetic energy. Conservation of mechanical energy. Mechanical power.

Fundamentals of electromagnetism
-> Electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric fields, electric potential
-> Electric current, electrical resistance and capacity, Ohm's law, electrical circuits with resistors and capacitors, Joule effect, power of a circuit
-> Magnetic fields, Lorentz's force, motion of electric charges in magnetic fields, the induction stove
-> The Hertz experiment, electromagnetic waves, the relationship between the electric and magnetic fields in an electromagnetic waves. Energy and power transfered by an electromagnetic wave

Fundamentals of heat transfer phenomena
-> Basic concepts: flux, temperature, heat, volume, density, pressure, specific heat, energy conservation, steady state conditions
-> Heat transfer phenomena
-> Conduction: Fourier's law, thermal conduction, conduction through simple and composite walls
-> Convection: natural and forced convection, heat exchange through conduction and convection, thermal resistance, analogy with electrical resistance, equivalent circuits
-> Radiative exchange: Planck's law, Stefan Boltzmann and Wien laws, heat exchange between objects with simple geometry

Applications in the field of food treatment
-> Overview of conventional and non conventional food treatment methods
-> Treatments with ohmic heating
-> Treatments with pulsed electric fields
-> Treatments with pulsed light