Physics 1

INTRODUCTION: language of physics, scalar and vector variables, units, measurements.

MECHANICS: kinematics (linear motion, acceleration, uniform acceleration, rotation), dynamics (force, friction, gravitational force), work and energy (kinetic and potential energy, energy conservation, power, efficiency), linear momentum (conservation, collisions, jet force), systems of point masses (center of mass), deformations (Hook’s law, compressibility, torsion, shear, temperature expansion), hydrostatics (pressure, lift), hydrodynamics (continuity equation, Bernoulli equation, viscosity, drag), Oscillations (harmonic oscillator, mathematical and physical pendulum), wave phenomena (speed, interference, Doppler effect).

ELECTROMAGNETISM: electric charge, electric circuits (current, Ohm’s law, power, AC), magnetic field (force, field of a conductor, coil, induction, motor, generator, transformer).