Manfred Sigrist: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2018 |  |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Manfred Sigrist |
| Field | Theoretische Physik |
| Address | Institut für Theoretische Physik ETH Zürich, HIT K 23.8 Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 25 84 |
| mansigri@ethz.ch | |
| Department | Physics |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402-0101-00L | The Zurich Physics Colloquium  | 0 credits | 1K | R. Renner, G. Aeppli, C. Anastasiou, N. Beisert, G. Blatter, S. Cantalupo, C. Degen, G. Dissertori, K. Ensslin, T. Esslinger, J. Faist, M. Gaberdiel, G. M. Graf, R. Grange, J. Home, S. Huber, A. Imamoglu, P. Jetzer, S. Johnson, U. Keller, K. S. Kirch, S. Lilly, L. M. Mayer, J. Mesot, B. Moore, D. Pescia, A. Refregier, A. Rubbia, K. Schawinski, T. C. Schulthess, M. Sigrist, A. Vaterlaus, R. Wallny, A. Wallraff, W. Wegscheider, A. Zheludev, O. Zilberberg | |
| Abstract | Research colloquium | ||||
| Objective | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Occasionally, talks may be delivered in German. | ||||
| 402-0234-00L | Mechanics of Continua | 10 credits | 3V + 2U | M. Sigrist | |
| Abstract | Mechanics of Elastic Media and Hydrodynamics: Strain and stress tensor, field equations, equilibrium, waves and oscillations. Dynamics of fluids, Euler and Navier-Stokes equations, Bernoulli equation, vortices, waves, potential flows; viscous fluids, Reynolds number, Stokes drag, boundary layers, instabilities, turbulence. | ||||
| Objective | Knowledge of the essential concepts and methods of theoretical mechanics of elastic media and hydrodynamics. Consolidation through examples and solution of exercise problems. | ||||
| Content | Introduction to the concepts and methods of theoretical mechanics of elastic media and hyrdodynamics: relation between strain and stress tensor, balance equations, field equations of elastic media, elastostatics, waves and oscillations, lattice dislocations and plastic deformation. Dynamics of fluida, Euler equations of ideal fluida, Navier-Stokes equations of real fluids, Bernoulli equations, vortex theorems of Thomson and Helmholtz, dynamics of vortices, oscillation and waves in fluida, surface waves, two-dimensional potential flow, circulation, Magnus force, theorems of Kutta and Zhukovski, flow around profiles (cylinder, platte, aerofoil), Kutta condition. Incompressible viscos fluida, Reynolds number, Hagen-Poisseuille flow, Stokes law, Prandtl's boundary layer, Couette flow and Taylor instability. Turbulence, instability of laminary flows, Reynolds equations, development of turbulence, Kolmogorov scaling. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture notes (German) will be distributed. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | general / classical mechanics | ||||
| 402-0501-00L | Solid State Physics | 0 credits | 1S | G. Blatter, C. Degen, K. Ensslin, D. Pescia, M. Sigrist, A. Wallraff, A. Zheludev | |
| Abstract | Research colloquium | ||||
| Objective | |||||
| 402-0800-00L | The Zurich Theoretical Physics Colloquium | 0 credits | 1K | O. Zilberberg, C. Anastasiou, N. Beisert, G. Blatter, M. Gaberdiel, T. K. Gehrmann, G. M. Graf, S. Huber, P. Jetzer, L. M. Mayer, B. Moore, R. Renner, T. C. Schulthess, M. Sigrist, University lecturers | |
| Abstract | Research colloquium | ||||
| Objective | |||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Talks in German are also possible. | ||||