NU FS 201
Physical Principles of Food Structure and Functionality
Fall 2017
Topics
- Math review, trigonometry, graphing and regression analysis using Excel
- Conversion of units and 1D kinematics
- Vectors, Newton’s Laws, work and power
- Water activity, mass and density
- Problem solving session #1
- Circular motion, torque, rheological properties
- Temperature, latent heat, specific heat and capacity
- Laws of thermodynamics, conservation of energy
- Charges and electrostatic forces
- Problem solving session #2
- Interfacial properties, permeability
- Optics and electromagnetism
Readings
- Beiser, A. 1988. Shaum’s Outline of Theory and Problems of Applied Physics, McGraw
- Hill, New York, NY
- Cutnell, J.D. and Johnson, K.W. 2009. Physics, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
- Ewen, D., Shurter, N. and Gundersen, P.E. 2009. Applied Physics, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Giancoli, D.C., 1998. Physics: Principles with Applications, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Urone, P.P., 2001. College Physics, Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, CA. Van Heuvelen, A. 1982. Physics: A General Introduction, Brown, Boston, MA
- Walker, J.S. 2000. Physics, 4th Edition, Addison-Wesley, Boston, MA
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- 2017-Fall-NU-FS-201-LECTURE-A1 ↗2017
- Partial automated extraction.