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| LESSON # | LESSON TITLES | READINGS |
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| 0 | Vectors | * Chapter 3 (PDF - 4.0MB) |
Week 1: Kinematics |
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| 1 | 1D Kinematics - Position and Velocity | * Position and Displacement: Chapter 4.2 (PDF - 1.1MB) * Velocity: Chapter 4.3 (PDF - 1.5MB) |
| 2 | 1D Kinematics - Acceleration | * Acceleration: Chapter 4.4 (PDF) * Constant Acceleration: Chapter 4.5 (PDF - 1.7MB) * 1D Kinematics and Integration: Chapter 4.6 (PDF - 2.4MB) |
| 3 | 2D Kinematics - Position, Velocity, and Acceleration | * Vector Description of Motion in 2D: Chapter 5.1 (PDF) * Projectile Motion: Chapter 5.2 (PDF - 2.7MB) |
Week 2: Newton’s Laws |
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| 4 | Newton’s Laws of Motion | * Newton’s Laws of Motion: Chapter 7.1–7.3 (PDF) |
| 5 | Gravity | * Force Laws: Chapter 8.1 (PDF - 1.4MB) * Free Body Diagrams: Chapter 8.4 (PDF) |
| 6 | Contact Forces | * Force Laws: Chapter 8.1 (PDF - 1.4MB) * Constraint Forces: Chapter 8.3 (PDF - 1.2MB) * Free Body Diagrams: Chapter 8.4 (PDF) |
| 7 | Tension and Springs | * Force Laws: Chapter 8.1 (PDF - 1.4MB) * Constraint Forces: Chapter 8.3 (PDF - 1.2MB) * Free Body Diagrams: Chapter 8.4 (PDF) |
| Deep Dive 1 | Friction | No Reading |
Week 3: Circular Motion |
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| 8 | Circular Motion - Position and Velocity | * Circular Motion, Velocity and Angular velocity: Chapter 6.2 (PDF - 1.5MB) |
| 9 | Uniform Circular Motion | * Tangential and Radial Acceleration: Chapter 6.3 (PDF - 1.1MB) * Period and Frequency of Uniform Circular Motion: Chapter 6.4 (PDF) |
| 10 | Circular Motion - Acceleration | * Tangential and Radial Acceleration: Chapter 6.3 (PDF - 1.1MB) * Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration: Chapter 6.5 (PDF - 1.9MB) |
| 11 | Newton’s 2nd Law and Circular Motion | * Universal Law of Gravitation: Chapter 9.2 (PDF) * Worked Examples Circular Motion: Chapter 9.3 (PDF - 1.4MB) |
Week 4: Drag Forces, Constraints and Continuous Systems |
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| 12 | Pulleys and Constraints | * Worked Example on Pulleys and Ropes Constraints Conditions: Chapter 8 (PDF - 6.3MB), Example 8.9 (PDF - 1.2MB) |
| 13 | Massive Rope | * Worked examples on massive ropes: Chapter 8 (PDF - 6.3MB), Examples 8.3–8.4 (PDF - 1.3MB) * Continuous Systems and Newton’s Second Law as a Differential Equations: Chapter 8.5.2 (PDF) * Worked Example-Capstan: Chapter 8 (PDF - 6.3MB), Example 8.11 (PDF) |
| 14 | Resistive Forces | * Drag forces in Fluids: Chapter 8.6 (PDF - 1.6MB) * Worked Example - Free Fall with Air Drag: Chapter 8 (PDF - 6.3MB), Example 8.12 (PDF) |
Week 5: Momentum and Impulse |
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| 15 | Momentum and Impulse | * Momentum and Impulse: Chapter 10.2 (PDF) * External and Internal Forces and the Change in Momentum of a System: Chapter 10.3 (PDF) * System of Particle: Chapter 10.4 (PDF) |
| 16 | Conservation of Momentum | * Constancy of Momentum and Isolated Systems: Chapter 10.7 (PDF) * Momentum Changes and Non-Isolated Systems: Chapter 10.8 (PDF) * Solved Examples: Chapter 10.9 (PDF - 1.7MB) and Chapter 10 (PDF - 2.8MB), Example 10.6 (PDF) |
| 17 | Center of Mass and Motion of the Center of Mass | * Center of Mass: Chapter 10.5 (PDF - 1.3MB) * Translational Motion of the Center of Mass: Chapter 10.6 (PDF) * Solved Example: Chapter 10 (PDF - 2.8MB), Example 10.5 (PDF) |
Week 6: Continuous Mass Transfer |
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| 18 | Relative Velocity and Recoil | * Reference Frames: Chapter 11.1–11.4 (PDF - 1.8MB) |
| 19 | Continuous Mass Transfer | * Momentum and the Flow of Mass: Chapter 12.1–12.3 (PDF - 3.0MB) |
Week 7: Kinetic Energy and Work |
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| 20 | Kinetic Energy and Work in 1D | * The Concept of Energy and Conservation of Energy: Chapter 13.1 (PDF) * Kinetic Energy: Chapter 13.2–13.3 (PDF) * Work: Chapter 13.4–13.5 (PDF - 1.4MB) * Work Kinetic Energy Theorem: Chapter 13.6 (PDF) * Power: Chapter 13.7 (PDF) * Worked Examples: Chapter 13.10 (PDF) |
| 21 | Kinetic Energy and Work in 2D and 3D | * Work and Scalar Product: Chapter 13.8 (PDF - 1.2MB) * Work Done by a Non-constant Force Along an Arbitrary Path: Chapter 13.9 (PDF) * Worked Examples: Chapter 13.10 (PDF) * Work Kinetic Energy Theorem in 3D: Chapter 13.11 (PDF) |
| 22 | Conservative and Non-conservative Forces | * Conservation of Energy: Chapter 14.1 (PDF) * Conservative and Non-conservative Forces: Chapter 14.2 (PDF) |
Week 8: Potential Energy and Energy Conservation |
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| 23 | Potential Energy | * Changes in Potential Energy of a System: Chapter 14.3 (PDF) * Changes in Potential Energy and Zero Point of Potential Energy: Chapter 14.4 (PDF) |
| 24 | Conservation of Energy | * Mechanical Energy and Conservation of Mechanical Energy: Chapter 14.5 (PDF) * Change of Mechanical Energy for Closed System with Internal Non-conservative Forces: Chapter 14.7 (PDF) * Dissipative Forces: Friction: Chapter 14.8 (PDF) * Worked Examples: Chapter 14.9 (PDF - 2.0MB) |
| 25 | Potential Energy Diagrams | * Spring Force Energy Diagrams: Chapter 14.6 (PDF) |
Week 9: Collision Theory |
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| 26 | Types of Collision | * Collision Theory: Chapter 15 (PDF - 3.5MB) |
| 27 | Elastic Collisions | * Collision Theory: Chapter 15 (PDF - 3.5MB) |
| Deep Dive 2 | Center of Mass Reference Frame | No Reading |
Week 10: Rotational Motion |
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| 28 | Motion of a Rigid Body | * Two dimensional Rotational Kinematics: Chapter 16.1–16.2 (PDF) |
| 29 | Moment of Inertia | * Two dimensional Rotational Kinematics: Chapter 16.3–16.4 (PDF - 1.8MB) |
| 30 | Torque | * Two dimensional Rotational Dynamics: Chapter 17.1–17.3 (PDF - 1.9MB) * Static Equilibrium: Chapter 18 (PDF - 2.0MB) |
| 31 | Rotational Dynamics | * Two dimensional Rotational Dynamics: Chapter 17.4–17.5 (PDF - 2.4MB) * Static Equilibrium: Chapter 18 (PDF- 2.0MB) |
Week 11: Angular Momentum |
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| 32 | Angular Momentum of a Point Particle | * Angular Momentum: Chapter 19.1–19.2 (PDF- 2.0MB) |
| 33 | Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body about a Fixed Axis | * Angular Momentum: Chapter 19.6–19.7 (PDF - 2.4MB) |
| 34 | Torque and Angular Impulse | * Angular Momentum: Chapter 19.3–19.5 (PDF - 1.2MB), Chapter 19.8–19.9 (PDF - 1.6MB) |
Week 12: Rotations and Translation - Rolling |
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| 35 | Rolling Kinematics | * Kinematics of translation and rotation: Chapter 20 (PDF - 3.2MB) |
| 36 | Rolling Dynamics | * Dynamics of translation and rotation: Chapter 21 (PDF - 4.1MB) |
| 37 | Rolling Kinetic Energy and Angular Momentum | * Kinematics of translation and rotation: Chapter 20 (PDF - 3.2MB) * Dynamics of translation and rotation: Chapter 21 (PDF - 4.1MB) |
| Deep Dive 3 | Gyroscopes | No Reading |