480-0050/01 – Physical Measurements (PM)
| Gurantor department | Department of Physics | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa | Subject version guarantor | Doc. Dr. RNDr. Petr Alexa |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FS, HGF, FBI, FAST, FEI, FMT | Intended for study types | Master, Follow-up Master, Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Characterize principles and laws of the chosen problems of the classical physics. Describe, clarify and interpret the respective natural phenomena. Measure selected physical quantities, tabulate results and compute dependent quantities. Compare computed results with the tabled ones or results obtained from another experiments.
Teaching methods
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The subject focuses on basic experiments from the most important parts of technical physics.
Compulsory literature:
1. AUTY, Fiona, et. al. Beginner's Guide to Measurement in Mechanical Engineering, NPL, London, online: http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/beg-guide-measurement-mech-eng.pdf
2. AUTY, Fiona, et. al. Beginner's Guide to Measurement in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, online: http://www.npl.co.uk/upload/pdf/gpg-132-beg-guide-measurement-electronic-electrical-eng.pdf
Recommended literature:
Halliday, D., Resnick, R., Walder, J.: Fundamentals of Physics, Fifth Editon Extended, 1997, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Completing of selected tasks.
E-learning
Other requirements
Self-study in advance of the measurements based on study support materials in LMS, processing reports.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1.Introduction to Physical Measurement 2. Theory of measurement 3. Errors and uncertainties 4. Young modulus: rod deflection 5. Thermal heat conductivity 6. Frequency measurement: beats 7. Speed of sound 8. Surface tension 9. Specific heat capacity 10. Luminous intensity, flux and efficacy 11. Wavelength of light 12. Photoelectric effect: Electron work function 13. Radioactive radiation: intensity and absorption 14. Evaluation of results
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction