PHY1001 · Fizik I

Physics I

Vectors, motion, Newton's laws, work-energy and momentum.

Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 9th Edition (2014) by John W. Jewett, Jr. and Raymond A. SERWAY, BROOKS/COLE CENGACE learning.

  1. Week 1
    Physics and Measurement: Introduction, Standards, mass, time, length, density and atomic mass, dimensional analysis, conversion of units.
    • Measurement, units and dimensional analysisSI units, prefixes, unit conversion, density, mole calculations, significant figures and dimensional analysis. The free questions on the midterm that need not even a formula come from here.
  2. Week 2
    Vectors: Vector and Scalar quantities, addition of vectors, substraction of vectors, Vector Multiplication, component of a vector, unit vectors-analytic method.
  3. Week 3
    Motion in one Dimension: Introduction, speed, position vector, displacement vector, average velocity, Instantaneous velocity, Acceleration, One-Dimensional Motion with constant acceleration, Freely Falling Objects.
    • Motion in one dimension and free fallPosition, displacement, average and instantaneous velocity, acceleration, the four equations of constant-acceleration motion, graph reading and free fall. About 4 questions on the midterm.
  4. Week 4
    Motion in two Dimension: The displacement, velocity and vectors, two-dimensional motion with constant acceleration
  5. Week 5
    Motion in two Dimension: the projectile motion, uniform circular motion, relative velocity and acceleration.
  6. Week 6
    The Laws of Motion Ch 5, Introduction, Newton’s First Law and Inertial Frames, Newton’s second Law, Force and Mass, Weight, Newton’s Third Law
    • Newton's laws of motionForce, mass, weight and Newton's three laws; you learn to solve every force question with the same method using the free-body diagram.
  7. Week 7
    The Laws of Motion Ch 5, Forces of Friction, Some Application of Newton’s Law.
  8. Week 8
    Circular Motion: Newton’s Second Law Applied to Uniform Circular Motion, Non-Uniform circular motion.
    • Dynamics of circular motionFinding which real force provides the centripetal force and writing ΣF = mv²/r: flat and banked curves, vertical circle, top point, conical pendulum and non-uniform circular motion.
  9. Week 9
    Circular Motion: Fictitious Force in a Rotating System, Motion in the Presence of Resistive Forces.
    • Fictitious forces and resistive forcesFictitious forces that appear in accelerating and rotating systems, the resistive force models R = bv and R = ½DρAv², terminal speed and the time constant.
  10. Week 10
    Work and Energy : Work Done by a Constant Force, Work Done by a varying Force
    • Work: constant and variable forceWork by a constant force, work with the scalar product, the area under the F-x graph and the work of a spring force. The first step of every question in the energy section is here.
  11. Week 11
    Work and Energy : Kinetic Energy, Work-energy Theorem, Power, Relativistic Kinetic Energy
  12. Week 12
    Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy: Potential Energy, Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces, Conservative Forces and Potential Energy
    • Potential energy and conservative forcesGravitational and spring potential energy, the difference between conservative and nonconservative forces, and F = −dU/dx. The groundwork for conservation of energy questions.
  13. Week 13
    Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy: Conservation of Energy, Changes in Mechanical Energy, relationship Between Conservative Forces and Potential Energy, Mass-Energy Equivalence.
    • Conservation of mechanical energyK + U is constant; with friction the loss is f·d. You solve free fall, pendulum, spring, ramp and loop questions with a single equation.
  14. Week 14
    Linear Momentum and Collisions: Linear Momentum and its Conservation, Impulse and Momentum, Collision in One and Two Dimension, Center of Mass, Motion of a System of Particles, Rocket Propulsion