Syllabus
I. INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS
- the scope of physics
- measurement, units
- dimensional analysis
II. MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION
- kinematics: velocity, acceleration
III. VECTOR DESCRIPTION OF MOTION
- scalars and vectors
- vector arithmetic and motion
IV. MOTION IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS
- velocity and acceleration
- projectile motion
- uniform circular motion
- non-uniform circular motion; general curvilinear motion
V. NEWTON'S LAWS: FORCES AND MOTION
- forces and motion: dynamics
- Newton's three laws of motion
- reference frames: inertial and accelerated
- the fundamental forces of nature
VI. APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON'S LAWS
- using the second and third laws
- friction
- uniform and non-uniform circular motion
- introduction to simple harmonic motion
VII. WORK AND ENERGY
- work: the link between force and energy
- kinetic energy and the work-energy theorem
- conservative and non-conservative forces
- potential energy and potential energy curves
- conservation of energy
VIII. SYSTEMS OF PARTICLES AND COLLISIONS
- center of mass
- momentum and conservation of momentum
- collisions in 1 and 2 dimensions
- elastic and inelastic collisions
IX. ROTATIONAL MOTION
- rotational variables, angular momentum, torque
- conservation of angular momentum
- rotation of rigid bodies
- static equilibrium
X. OSCILLATORY MOTION
- simple harmonic motion
- damped and driven oscillations
XI. WAVES
- transverse and longitudinal waves
- waves on a string
- sound waves
- superposition and interference
XII. THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF GRAVITATIO
- gravitational force; gravitational potential energy
- the gravitational field
- orbital motion
- atomic analogies