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Course Objectives
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(Course Objectives)
After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Understand: a) measurements, units, & estimating; b) basic & derived units in the SI system; c) significant figures
- Understand displacement, velocity, & acceleration. Understand the one-dimensional kinematics equations for motion at constant acceleration. Apply these equations to problems with objects in horizontal motion and objects in vertical motion (free fall) in the earth’s gravity.
- Understand vectors & how to add and subtract them using both the graphical and the analytical (trigonometric) methods.
- Understand projectile motion in the earth’s gravity & the basic equations describing it. Apply the basic kinematics equations for projectile motion to problems with objects shot into the air.
- Understand force and Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion. Apply these laws (especially the 2nd Law) to problems with objects subjected to constant forces.
- Understand frictional forces. Apply Newton’s 2nd Law to problems with objects moving in the presence of friction. Understand the basics of motion on an inclined plane.
- Understand centripetal acceleration & force. Apply these concepts, along with Newton’s 2nd Law, to problems with objects moving in uniform circular motion.
- Understand work by a constant force, kinetic energy, conservative forces, potential energy, & the Work-Energy Principle. Apply these concepts to various problems.
- Understand the Principle of Conservation of Mechanical Energy (for conservative forces). Apply this law to problems of objects moving under the influence of conservative forces.
- Understand momentum & impulse. Understand Newton’s 2nd Law in terms of momentum. Apply these concepts to problems with colliding objects.
- Understand the Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum. Apply this law to problems with colliding objects. Understand elastic & inelastic collisions & how to solve problems involving each kind of collision.
- Understand angular displacement, angular velocity, angular acceleration, & the relations between these & displacement, velocity, & acceleration. Apply these concepts to problems involving rotating rigid bodies.
- Understand the kinematics equations for rotation with constant angular acceleration. Apply these to problems involving rotating rigid bodies.
- Understand torque &Newton’s 2nd Law for rotational motion. Apply these concepts to problems involving rigid body rotation.
- Understand rotational kinetic energy & angular momentum. Apply these concepts to problems involving rigid body rotation.
- Understand the three conditions for static equilibrium. Apply these conditions to problems with objects in equilibrium.