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Week 01-02 : Numbers and Units of measurements(Ch01)Mon Mar 15, 2021 01:00 pm - Fri Apr 02, 2021 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 - 04 : Scalars and Vectors(Ch3&4)Mon Apr 05, 2021 12:00 am - Sun May 16, 2021 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 05-06 : Linear motion(Ch02)Mon Apr 19, 2021 01:00 pm - Fri Dec 10, 2021 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
ch02.pptx

Week 08- 09 : Dynamics of motion (Ch5-8)Mon May 10, 2021 12:00 am - Fri May 21, 2021 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 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 31, 2021 12:00 am - Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:00 am  | 

Week 13: Momentum and ImpulseFri Jul 30, 2021 12:00 am - Fri Aug 06, 2021 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)Fri Aug 13, 2021 12:00 am - Mon Aug 16, 2021 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)Fri Aug 20, 2021 12:00 am - Mon Aug 23, 2021 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 16-18 : Fluids(Ch14)Fri Aug 27, 2021 12:00 am - Fri Sep 03, 2021 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 19-20 : Waves & Oscillations (CH15 - 17)Mon Sep 06, 2021 12:00 am - Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:00 am  | 

  • Simple harmonic oscillations
    • springs - Hook's law 
    • pendulumTorsion
  • Damped simple harmonic oscillations
    • damping force
    • damping constant
  • Forced Oscillations and Resonance

Week 21-22 : Temperature, Heat and first law of thermodynamics(Ch18)Mon Sep 13, 2021 12:00 am - Fri Sep 17, 2021 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 ⟶ ΔEint = -W )
      • constant volume(W=0 ⟶ ΔEint = Q)
      • closed cycle(ΔEint=0⟶ Q = W)
      • free expansion(Q=W=0 ⟶ ΔEint = 0)
  • Heat transfer mechanisms
    • Conduction
    • Convection
    • Radiation

 

Week 23-25 : Kinetic theory of gasses(Ch19)Mon Sep 20, 2021 12:00 am - Fri Nov 26, 2021 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