Lecture notes
Lecture 32: Solution for Harmonic oscillator equation and meaning of
the labels. Simple pendulum and physical pendulum.
Lecture 31: Problems involving Bernoulli equation. Introduction to
harmonic oscillator
Lecture 30: Gauge pressure, Bernoulli equation
Lecture 29: Fluids and Buoyancy
Lecture 28: Fluids, Pascal principle, atmospheric pressure
Lecture 27: Fluids, density, pressure, hydrostatic
Lecture 25: Static equilibrium continued; stress and strain
Lecture 24: Static equilibrium condition
Lecture 23: Angular momentum conservation, gyroscopes
precession
Lecture 22: Angular momentum, torque, and their connection
Lecture 21: Kinetic and Potential energy of a rigid body rotating
relative to a fixed axle. Parallel axis theorem for moment of
inertia.
Lecture 20: Kinetic energy of rotating rigid body, rolling:
connection between angular and translational speed
Lecture 19: Polar coordinates, tangential and radial velocity and
acceleration, their connection to angular velocity and acceleration
Lecture 18: 3D conservation of linear momentum: game of pool,
ballistic pendulum; System of masses and its Center of Mass
Midterm 02 preparation
The 2nd midterm on 2024/10/21 will cover material presented in
lectures 01-18
Lecture 17: 1D conservation of linear momentum: rockets, bouncing
from a heavy object (wall), Galilean cannon with bouncing balls
Lecture 16: Gravity pull from a spherical object and a spherical
shell, Linear momentum, conservation of linear momentum, examples in
1D
Lecture 15: Orbital speed, 1st and 2nd Kepler’s laws, tides
Lecture 14: Escape velocity, motion around common center of mass,
orbital speed, gravitational potential energy, mass of Earth, Sun, and
other objects
Lecture 13: Springs. Universal law of gravity, acceleration due to
gravity and its dependence on altitude, scale reading change on rotating
masses, gravity from a spherical object
Lecture 11: Conservative and non-conservative forces,gravitational
potential energy, energy conservation
Lecture 10: Definition of work, kinetic energy
Midterm 01 preparation
The midterm will cover material presented in lectures 01-08
Lecture 08: Tricky friction, ropes and tension
Lecture 07: Normal force, friction, and inclined planes.
Lecture 06: 3rd Newton’s law. Ropes, tension, and application of
Newton’s laws
Lecture 05: Finishing projectile motion, brief talk about relative
motion, 1st and 2nd Newton’s laws, concept of mass
Lecture 04: projectile motion, and relative motion
Lecture 03: motion in 3D, vector notation
Lecture 02: 1D position, displacement, distance, velocity, speed,
acceleration
