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Introduction to Physics
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Measurement: Standards and units, dimensional analysis
Motion in one dimension: Descriptions of motion, average and instantaneous
velocities, motion with constant acceleration
Vectors: Vector components, adding vectors, multiplication of vectors
Motion in two dimensions: motion with constant acceleration, uniform circular
motion, relative motion
Forces and laws of motion: Newton’s first, second and third laws and their
applications
Motion with friction: Static and kinetic friction
Work and energy: Work done by constant forces, kinetic energy, work-energy
theorem, power
Potential energy: Gravitational potential energy and elastic potential energy
Linear momentum: Single particle and a system of particles, center of mass,
conservation of linear momentum
Collisions: Impulse and momentum, elastic and plastic collisions
Rotational motion: Rotation with constant angular acceleration, moment of
inertia, kinetic energy of rotation, torque, combined rotational and translational
motion
Angular momentum: Single particle and a system of particles, angular momentum
and angular velocity, conservation of angular momentum
Equilibrium of rigid bodies: Conditions for equilibrium, center of gravity,
examples
Sources:
1. F.W. Sears, M.W. Zemansky, H.D. Young, Mechanics, 7th Edition (QC 125.2
s412)