Elementary Physics 1 

Course Overview

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Topics Covered

  • Kinematics: motion in one dimension.
  • Kinematics: motion in two and three dimensions.
  • Kinematics: circular motion.
  • Newtonian mechanics: laws of (linear and circular) motion of point particles.
  • Work, power, energy and energy conservation.
  • Linear momentum, impulse and collisions.
  • Drag, elastic and resistive forces, damping.
  • Continuous systems (ropes with mass, rods and pulleys).
  • Harmonic oscillator and harmonic motion.
  • Continuous mass transfer systems.
  • Moment of inertia, rigid bodies and rotation motion.
  • Torque, angular momentum and conservation.
  • Newtonian rotational dynamics.
  • Rigid and extended body dynamics.
  • Statics and mechanical equilibirum.
  • Hydrostatic equilibrium.
  • Introduction to hydrodynamics.
  • Newtonian gravitation.

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