Dynamics: Force and Newton’s Laws of Motion and Applications: Friction, Drag and Elasticity
This week you will read the introductory chapters listed below for this first part and you will have to solve the associated problems in loncapa. You can also start the problems from the extended set 2 pertaining to this chapter.
- Introduction to Dynamics: Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Development of Force Concept
- Newton’s First Law of Motion: Inertia
- Newton’s Second Law of Motion: Concept of a System
- Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Symmetry in Forces
- Normal, Tension, and Other Examples of Forces
- Problem-Solving Strategies
- Further Applications of Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Friction
- Drag Forces
- Elasticity: Stress and Strain
- Extended Topic: The Four Basic Forces—An Introduction
