Communication teachers <-> students
• Lectures all digital• Zoom (realtime)• Recorded lectures (Published at time of lectures)• Watch lectures together (physically, skype,Hangouts...) to
discuss questions
• Padlet: Q&A https://uio.padlet.org/dagkristiandysthe/FYS2160_2020
• Canvas: Sign up, hand in assignments, feedback• Vortex: all else (course material, messages)
Assignments
Weekly excercises• Numerous types
• analytical calculations• numerical• data analysis• conceptual questions
• Group sessions and “regneverksted” for aid
Experiment + MD lab• 8 hour lab day• hand in report before you
leave• reports must be passed to
take exam
Oblig• 3 of 4 must be passed to
take exam• Hand in
• On Canvas• Formats:
• PDF (preferably LaTeX)• Jupyter notebooks• Matlab live scripts
• Feedback on Canvas
Thermodynamics• Macroscopic• Continuum matter• Differentiable• Necessary relations
based on some axioms• Always true for all matter• Necessary tool for theory• Always present in applications
(engineering, chemistry, geoscience...)
• All properties of matter (DHm, DSv, cV, l, D) must be measured
Statistical mechanics• Microscopic• Discrete particles• Mechanics• Statistical behaviour of
simplified models
• Bottom up explanation of thermodynamics• Properties of model
matter (DHm, DSv, cV, l, D) can be calculated and measured in simulation
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• But statistical mechanics defines how to calculate thermodynamic properties from simulation of model systems.
• This makes stat. mech. even more important in the era of computers!• This is why computation should be part of your thermydyn. & stat. mech.
curriculum!
Quiz based on three basic statements
Thermodynamics• Energy is conserved
• Ideal gas equation of state:
𝑃𝑉 = 𝑛𝑅𝑇(the idea of indivisible units (atoms) is hidden in there!)
Stat. mech.• Temperature equals the
kinetic energy of the particles:
𝐸! =12𝑚𝑣
" =32𝑘#𝑇
• Ideal gas equation of state:
𝑃𝑉 = 𝑁𝑘#𝑇
Concept quiz
• The last question introduced heat• Heat and work are central concepts in thermodynamics
• The following set of questions probes your understanding of heat and temperature• To help visualize each situation, think of a group of friends in
a kitchen or cafeteria. Imagine that they are observant and interested in understanding common phenomena. They explain their ideas to one another.• For each question, choose the answer that is closest to your
understanding• You will have 1 minute per question
Heat
Exam
• New form of exam: 2 days home exam• Broader range of knowledge and skills can be tested• Conceptual, analytical, numerical and data analysis• Oblig and Exp/MD lab exercises will be relevant training
• Exam is published: 9. December kl. 09:00• Deadline for delivery: 11. December kl. 09:00• Handling of exam: Inspera• Deadline for withdrawing: November 1
Lab exercises• 2 parts: Experiment and molecular dynamics (MD)
simulations• Duration: 8 hours• Hand in report before you leave. Pass is compulsory!• Covid-19 precautions: only 4 students can run
experiments simultaneously (2 groups of 2 students)• First lab: weeks 36 & 37: • (Tue), Wed, Thu, Fri, 08-16 or 10-18
• Sign up for specific time slots on Canvas now