Leveling Course. Physics Contents (second semester). Elche Campus.

16 March 2026

Check the contents for the Physics leveling course (second semester) taught at the Elche Campus in the 2025/2026 academic year.

Units:

  1. Dimensional analysis (1 hour). Units, dimensions, multiples and submultiples.
  2. Vectors (1 hour). Magnitude, dot product, cross product, projection.
  3. Kinematics (2 hours). Position, velocity, acceleration (intrinsic).
  4. Projectile Motion. Circular Motion (2 hours). Composition of motions: arc, angular velocity, angular acceleration. Relationship with linear motion. Radian.
  5. Newton’s Laws. Friction. Inclined planes (3 hours). Resolution of forces, statics. Plane problems. Inertial and non-inertial frames of reference.
  6. Work and Energy. (2 hours). Conservation of energy. Conservative forces. Kinetic energy. Potential energies.
  7. Vibrations and waves (4 hours). Simple harmonic motion. Harmonic waves. Interference. Standing waves. Doppler effect. Sound.
  8. Electromagnetism (4 hours). Electrostatics. Electric potential. Magnetic field of a conductor. Charged particles within fields.

Faculty:

  • Eduardo Yubero Funes