Theoretical Mechanics

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:2.00

Study Course Accepted:12.03.2024 16:19:14

Study Course Information
Course Code:		FK_081		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		1.33		ECTS:		2.00
Branch of Science:		Mechanics; Biomechanics		Target Audience:		Medical Services
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Andris Mikulis
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Physics
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, 1st floor, Rooms No 147 a and b, fizikarsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061539
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		10	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		20
Classes (count)		6	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		12
Total Contact Hours								32
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Knowledge in mathematics and physics. Knowledge of the national language.
Objective:
Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the acquisition of other study disciplines, as well as in the education of an orthopedic specialist.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Basics of kinematics. Motion characteristics: trajectory speed and acceleration. Uniform motion.			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
2	Accelerated motion. Vertical and angled body movement. Kinematics of rotational motion.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
3	Angular velocity and angular acceleration. Centrifugal and tangential acceleration.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
4	Basic concepts of dynamics. Mass and strength. Friction force. Forces of inertia. Newton's laws. Amount of movement (pulse). Law of conservation of momentum (momentum).			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
5	Work and mechanical energy. Energy Conservation Law. Rotation of a solid body. Dynamics of solid body rotation. Moments of inertia.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
6	Impulse moment. Basic equation of rotational motion dynamics. Law of conservation of momentum.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
7	Mechanical oscillations. Mechanical waves, their characteristics. Mechanical properties of solids and biological tissues.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
8	Statistics			Lectures		2.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
9	Flexibility			Classes		1.00	auditorium
10	Audiometry			Classes		1.00	auditorium
11	Fluctuations			Classes		1.00	auditorium
12	Measurements			Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
During practical classes – solving tasks. Outside the classes, students develop a research paper on the basic concepts of theoretical mechanics and their application in the structure of the human body. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
Assessment Criteria:
Students' participation in classes is evaluated. Oral theoretical test at the end of the study course.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		As a result of the course students will: 1. Acquire and strengthen knowledge in theoretical mechanics. 2. Understand the regularities of absolutely solid body dynamics. 3. Understand free, sluggish and forced oscillations, wave processes. 4. Understand the mechanisms of elastic body deformation.
Skills:		1. Will be oriented in terms of theoretical mechanics. 2. The acquired knowledge will be used in the calculation of mechanical properties of solids and biological tissues. 3. Physical concepts and regularities will be used in the calculation of kinematics problems of rotational motion of human body members.
Competencies:		As a result of the study course students will be able to evaluate the significance of the laws of theoretical mechanics in the statics and dynamics of human body movement.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Grabovskis R. Fizika. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 1983, 645 lpp. (akceptējams izdevums)
Additional Reading
1	P. Davidovits. Physics in Biology and Medicine. Academic press, 2019.