Friday, March 18, 2022

Physics: Mechanics Topics

 

- Units and Measurement

*Scope and Scale of Physics

*Units and Standards

*Unit Conversion

*Scalars and Vectors

- Motion along straight line

*Position, Displacement, and Average Velocity

*Instantaneous Velocity and Speed

*Average and Instantaneous Acceleration

*Motion with Constant Acceleration

*Free Fall

- Motion in 2D and 3D

*Displacement and Velocity Vectors

*Acceleration Vector

*Projectile Motion

*Uniform Circular Motion

*Relative Motion in One and Two Dimensions

- Newton's lows of Motion

*Forces

*Newton's First Law

*Newton's Second Law

*Mass and Weight

*Newton’s Third Law

*Friction

- Work and Kinetic Energy

*Work

*Kinetic Energy

*Work-Energy Theorem

*Power

- Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

 *Potential Energy of a System

 *Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces

 *Conservation of Energy

 *Potential Energy Diagrams and Stability

 *Sources of Energy

- Linear Momentum and Collisions

*Linear Momentum

*Impulse and Collisions

*Conservation of Linear Momentum

*Types of Collisions

*Collisions in Multiple Dimensions

*Center of Mass

*Rocket Propulsion

- Fixed-Axis Rotation

*Rotational Variables

*Rotation with Constant Angular Acceleration

*Relating Angular and Translational Quantities

*Moment of Inertia and Rotational Kinetic Energ

*Torque

*Newton’s Second Law for Rotation

*Work and Power for Rotational Motion

- Angular Momentum

*Rolling Motion

*Angular Momentum

*Conservation of Angular Momentum

*Precession of a Gyroscope

- Static Equilibrium and Elasticity

*Static Equilibrium

*Stress, Strain, and Elastic Modulus

*Elasticity and Plasticity

- Gravitation

*Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

*Gravitation Near Earth's Surface

*Gravitational Potential Energy and Total Energy

*Satellite Orbits and Energy

*Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

*Tidal Forces

- Fluid Mechanics

*Fluids, Density, and Pressure

*Pascal's Principle and Hydraulics

*Archimedes’ Principle and Buoyancy

*Fluid Dynamics

*Viscosity and Turbulence