Physics

The aim of the physics course is to bring students from very different backgrounds up to the same level in physics, in order to give them the necessary grounding for the Materials course. The course content corresponds broadly to the program acquired at bac+2 level.
The following concepts will be covered:
- Electro-kinetics: direct and alternating current circuits
- Geometric and wave optics
- Electrostatics, magnetostatics and electromagnetism

Mathematics: derivatives, integrals, differential equations, complex numbers

ELECTROCINETICS

Steady state- Direct current
Passive linear dipoles

Ohm's law / Conductivity - Resistivity / Resistance of a conductor / Conduction in a filiform conductor / Joule's law for a passive dipole / Association of resistors


Linear active dipoles

Generator / Active receiver dipoles


Linear electrical networks in steady state

General / Kirchhoff's laws


Electro-kinetics in alternating current

Behavior of dipoles in transients / Behavior of dipoles in alternating current




ELECTROMAGNETICS

Maxwell's equations in vacuum
Electrostatics

Notion of electric charge / Coulomb's law / Electrostatic field / Electrostatic potential / Electrostatic field flux -. Gauss's theorem


Conductors in equilibriumE

Electrostatic equilibrium in a conductor / Electrostatic influence between conductors / Capacitors


Magnetostatics

Magnetic field created by a current : Biot and Savart's law / Potential-vector / Ampère's theorem / Action of a magnetic field on a current


Induction phenomena

Magnetic induction phenomena : Lenz's law / Faraday's law / Maxwell-Faraday relation / Self-induction and mutual induction phenomena


Propagation of electromagnetic waves

Wave equation in electromagnetism / Plane electromagnetic waves, progressive, monochromatic




OPTICS

Geometrical optics

Fundamental principles / Mirrors / Lenses


Wave optics

Qualitative aspects of diffraction
Interference

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