Physics 2425 Course Content                        2012 Spring

Part

Unit

       Sections

1 Introduction

1. Math Review
2. Units & Conversions
3. Problem Solving

1 Degree of Freedom

2 Linear Kinematics

1. Displacement
2. Velocity
3. Acceleration
4. Constant Acceleration Equations
5. Examples

3 Force

1. Forces & Terminology
2. Mass & Weight
3. Elasticity & Hooke’s Law
4. Friction & Traction
5. Inertial Force

4 Linear

Dynamics I

1. Newton’s Laws of Motion
2. Equilibrium & Constant Velocity
3. Single Object Dynamics
4. Multi Object Dynamics

2 Degrees of Freedom

5 Vectors

1. Displacement
2. Vector Trigonometry
3. Vector Addition
4. The Inclined Plane
5. Inverse Trig

6 Linear

Dynamics II

1. Equilibrium in Two Dimensions
2. Horizontal Motion
3. Vertical Motion
4. Ramp Motion

7 Curvilinear Motion

1. Circular Motion
2. Projectile Motion
3. Two Dimensional Motion

Conservation Laws

8 Energy

1. Work & Energy
2. Power
3. Energy
4. Applications of Energy Conservation
5. Simple Machines

9 Momentum

1. Impulse & Momentum
2. Conservation of Momentum
3. Types of Collisions
4. Applications
5. Momentum in 2 Dimensions
6. Center of Mass
7. Elastic Collisions

3 Degrees of Freedom

10 Torque & Equilibrium

1. Torque & Axis of Rotation
2. Torque & Center of Mass
3. Equilibrium

11 Rotation

1. Rotational Motion
2. Newton’s Second Law for Rotation
3. Rotational Inertia
4. Rotational Kinetic Energy
5. Rolling Objects
6. Rotational Momentum

Ending Topics

12 vibrations

1. Simple Harmonic Motion
2. Some Oscillating Systems
3. Damped Oscillations

13 waves

1. Basic Properties
2. Waves on a string
3. Interference
4. Standing Waves & Resonance
5. Harmonic Analysis
6. Doppler Effect
7. Sound

14 heat

1. Temperature & Energy
2. Heat & Specific Heat
3. Heat Transfer
4. Thermodynamics

15 fluids

1. Density & Pressure
2. Pascal’s Principle
3. Archimedes’ Principle

16 gravity

1. Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion
2. Newton’s Law of Gravity
3. The Gravitational Field