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NPHY 171 M Year 2022
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Week 01-02 : Numbers and Units of measurements(Ch01)
Mon Feb 21, 2022 01:00 pm - Fri Mar 04, 2022 03:00 pm |
Numbers
accuracy in measurements
decimal places v/s
significant figures
Units
SI Units
Customary Units
Unit conversions
Week 1 NPHY-171-Slides.pdf
Week 03 - 05 : Scalars and Vectors(Ch3&4)
Mon Mar 07, 2022 01:00 pm - Fri Mar 18, 2022 03:00 pm |
vector representations
vector additions
geometric vector additions and subtraction
mathematical vector additions and subtraction
Vector multiplications
scalar/dot product
vector/cross product
Week 3 and 4 - NPHY171 (Vectors).pdf
Week 06 : Linear motion(Ch02)
Mon Apr 04, 2022 01:00 pm - Fri Apr 08, 2022 03:00 pm |
Straight Line Motion
position and displacement
constant, instantaneous average
velocity
acceleration
Motion in 2 or 3 dimensions
projectile motion
using integrals and derivatives to represent motion
Week 2 - NPHY171(Kinematics).pdf
Week 07- 08 : Dynamics of motion (Ch5-8)
Mon Apr 11, 2022 01:00 pm - Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:00 am |
Newtons laws of Motion
Work
Work done by a constant force
Work done by a variable force
Conservative forces
Power
Average power
Instantaneous Power
power on a moving object
Energy
Potential Energy (Elastic and Inelastic)
Gravitational potential Energy ( see CH13)
Gravitation within a spherical shell(see CH13)
The energy in a planetary motion(see CH13)
Kinetic Energy
Mechanical Energy
ch05.pptx
Week 09-10 : Rotational Motion (Ch 10)
Mon May 24, 2021 12:00 am - Fri May 28, 2021 12:00 am |
Linear momentum
Conservation of linear momentum
1D and 2D Collision and Impulse
1D enelastic collision
1D inelastic collision
variable mass systems
Week 11-12: Rolling Bodies(C11)
Mon May 23, 2022 12:00 am - Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:00 am |
Uniform Circular Motion (Click on the titles below to view recorded lessons)
Relating circular motion with linear motion
Full Lesson from Khan Academy
Torque
Parallel Axis theorem
Work and Rotational Kinetic Energy
Newton's Law in angular form
Week 13: Momentum and Impulse
Mon Jul 25, 2022 12:00 am - Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:00 am |
Rolling torque
Angular momentum (rigid body vs system of particles)
Conservation of angular momentum
Procession of a Gyroscope
Newton's second law in angular form
ch12.pptx
Week 14 : Elasticity (Ch12)
Mon Aug 01, 2022 12:00 am - Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:00 am |
Strain
Stress - Hydraulic stress
shearing
Elastic Moduli - the ratio of strain and stress (e.g bulk modulus, Young's modulus)
tension and compression
Week 15 : Gravitation(Ch13)
Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:00 am - Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:00 am |
Free-fall acceleration and weight
Escape speed
The energy in a planetary motion
Kepler's laws
General theory of relativity - - -curved space
ch13.pptx
Week 16-17 : Fluids(Ch14)
Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:00 am - Fri Aug 26, 2022 12:00 am |
Fluid density and pressure (eg. Variation of Pressure with depth)
Fluids at rest
Fluids flow
Pascal's principle
Archimedes' principle
The equation of continuity
Bernoulli's equation
Week 18-19 : Waves & Oscillations (CH15 - 17)
Mon Aug 29, 2022 12:00 am - Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:00 am |
Simple harmonic oscillations
springs - Hook's law
pendulumTorsion
Damped simple harmonic oscillations
damping force
damping constant
Forced Oscillations and Resonance
Week 20 : Temperature, Heat and first law of thermodynamics(Ch18)
Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:00 am - Fri Sep 16, 2022 12:00 am |
Kelvin, Celsius and Fahrenheit Scale
Thermal expansion (linea and volume)
Heat absorption (Solids and liquids)
Laws of thermodynamics
zeroth law of thermodynamics
first law of thermodynamics (Heat and work)
Adiabatic (Q=0 ⟶ ΔE
int
= -W )
constant volume(W=0 ⟶ ΔE
int
= Q)
closed cycle(ΔE
int
=0⟶ Q
= W)
free expansion(Q=W=0 ⟶ ΔE
int
= 0)
Heat transfer mechanisms
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Week 21-22 : Kinetic theory of gasses(Ch19)
Mon Sep 19, 2022 12:00 am - Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:00 am |
Avogadro's number
Ideal Gas law
Translational Kinetic Energy
Mean freepath
Distribution of molecular speeds (Maxwell speed distribution)
Molecular specific heats on an ideal gas
Degrees of freedom
adiabatic expansion
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