List of Modules

Syllabus List of Modules Schedule Laboratories

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Module 1:    Describing Motion
Displacement, average and instantaneous velocity, average and instantaneous acceleration.
Position and displacement
The language of kinematics
Module 2:    Motion in one Dimension
Motion diagrams, motion with constant acceleration.
Motion with constant speed and constant acceleration
Freely falling objects
Module 3:    Motion in Two or More Dimensions
Motion in a plane, tangential and radial acceleration, projectile motion, circular motion.
Motion with constant acceleration
Projectile motion
Circular motion
Module 4:    The Laws of Motion
The concept of force, inertial frames, Newton's 2nd and 3rd law, mass and weight, free-body diagrams.
Newton's first law
Newton's second law
Newton's third law
Module 5:    Applications of Newton's Laws
Uniform and non-uniform circular motion, friction, numerical modeling, the fundamental forces.
Friction and drag
Circular motion
Module 6:    Work and Energy
Work done by varying forces, kinetic energy, conservative and non-conservative forces, potential energy, conservation of energy.
Work
Energy
Work and energy in various situations
Module 7:    Momentum
Conservation of momentum, impulse, elastic and inelastic collisions, the center of mass, rocket propulsion.
Momentum and collisions
Rockets
Module 8:    Rotational Motion
Rotational kinematics, torque, angular momentum, rigid-body motion.
Rotational kinematics
Rotational dynamics
Angular momentum
Kepler's laws
Module 9:    Oscillatory Motion
Simple harmonic motion, a mass on a spring, a physical pendulum, forced and damped oscillations.
Simple harmonic motion
The pendulum
Module 10:  Waves
Sinusoidal traveling waves, superposition and interference, standing waves, reflection, refraction and diffraction, the Doppler effect.
Mechanical waves
Sound and water waves
Electromagnetic waves
The Doppler effect