ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL PHYSICS

Course objectives

The corse of the Applied Physics Environmental is to develop and deepen at application level the basic principles dealt with the courses of Physics, to provide the future engineer, an interdisciplinary training on technical application.The basic subject concern: the transmission of heat thermodynamics, acoustics and illuminating. The course introduce all elements of engineering closely related to environmental problems.

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ANDREA VALLATI Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
Heat transfer: Thermal fields. Steady state solutions: plane layer (mono and multilayer). Natural and forced Convection. Coefficient of convection: study and calculation in principal convection cases. Black and grey bodies. Laws of Planck, Stefan-Boltzmann Wien and Kirchhoff. Energy exchange between surfaces. Transmittance. Thermal resistance. Heat exchangers. Cooling fins. Solar Radiation of an opaque wall. Thermodynamics. Introduction to Thermodynamics: priciples. Thermodynamics for open systems. Thermodynamics cycles. Description of air and vapour mixtures. Psychrometric transformations. Thermal comfort and indoor air quality. Fundamentals of acoustics. Fundamentals of lightings.
Prerequisites
Algebra, euclidean geometry, calculus, solution of linear differential equations. Theory of thermodynamics.
Books
- I. Barducci - Trasmissione del calore - Ed. Masson - M. Felli - Lezioni di Fisica Tecnica - Volume primo - Ed. Morlacchi - G. Moncada Lo Giudice, M. Coppi - Benessere termico e qualità dell’aria interna - Ed. Masson - G. Moncada Lo Giudice, S. Santoboni - Acustica - Ed. Masson - G. Moncada Lo Giudice, A. de Lieto Vollaro - Illuminotecnica - Ed. Masson
Frequency
Class in presence, or online and hybrid if allowed.
Exam mode
The exam is written and an oral colloquium , with exercises to solve numerically, focused mainly on the course topics.
Lesson mode
Frontal teaching, with explanation on blackboard and powerpoint presentations.
  • Lesson code1002851
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • Coursecorso|33470
  • CurriculumSingle curriculum
  • Year3rd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDING-IND/11
  • CFU6
  • Subject areaDiscipline fisico-tecniche ed impiantistiche per l'architettura