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ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS
QUESTION 1: (COMPULSORY)
• LECTURE 1 & 2: INTRODUCTION (DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS); VECTOR ADDITION
• LECTURE 3: TRANSLATIONAL KINEMATICS (VERTICAL MOTION)
• LECTURE 4: FORCES (INCLINED PLANE WITH FRICTION)
QUESTION 2: (COMPULSORY)
• LECTURE 10: FLUID MECHANICS (ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE)
• LECTURE 11: TEMPERATURE AND HEAT (TEMPERATURE SCALE CONVERSION & HEAT ENERGY
CALCULATIONS SUCH AS LATENT HEAT & SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY)
QUESTION 3: (Q3 & Q4 CHOOSE ONE)
• LECTURE 3 & 4: KINEMATICS (VERTICAL MOTION) & FORCES (THEORY)
• LECTURE 5: ENERGY (ELASTIC PE OR WORK DONE ON SPRING AND FORCE ON SPRING )
• LECTURE 6: ELASTIC & INELASTIC COLLISIONS (BULLET CASE)
QUESTION 4: (Q3 & Q4 CHOOSE ONE)
LECTURE 6 TO 7: CIRCULAR MOTION (LOOP-THE-LOOP & ENERGY); ROTATIONAL MOTION &
DYNAMIC I (ANGULAR KINEMATICS)
QUESTION 5: (Q5 & Q6 CHOOSE ONE)
• LECTURE 9: PROPERTIES OF MATTER – YOUNG’S MODULUS & ULTIMATE STRENGTH
• LECTURE 10 & 12: FLUID MECHANICS (IDEAL GAS LAW) & TEMPERATURE AND HEAT II
(CONDUCTION & RADIATION)
QUESTION 6: (Q5 & Q6 CHOOSE ONE)
• LECTURE 11 & 12: TEMPERATURE AND HEAT I & II (ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMODYNAMICS
PROCESSES)
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
QUANTITY DIMENSION TABLE: Dimensions of Some Common Physical
Quantities
Mass M
Quantity Dimension
Length L
Distance L
Time T
Area L2
Electric Current A
Volume L3
Temperature θ
Velocity L/T
Amount of matter N
Acceleration L/T2
Energy ML2/T2
• Limitations of dimensional analysis:
(i) constants without units (numerical factors) – no dimension. Note: Not all constants are dimensionless!
(ii) + or – sign in an equation cannot be detected.
(iii) trigonometry (sine, cosine, tangent) cannot be detected.
• When the terms of an equation have been converted into the form of dimension, these dimensional forms can
only be multiplied or divided but cannot be added or subtracted.
• For any side of an equation having more than 1 term being added or subtracted, each of the terms must
have the same dimensions. Cannot add/subtract the dimensions of the terms. Can only compare any two
terms within the same equation.
Q1.
[Ans: M/LT]
VECTORS
Table below shows A single-celled E.coli bacteria moves in zig-zag from point A to point e in a
medium.
The static frictional force keeps an object from starting to move when a force is applied. The static
frictional force has a maximum value, but may take on any value from zero to the maximum,
depending on what is needed to keep the sum of forces zero.
Kinetic friction: the friction experienced by surfaces sliding against one another.
fk = mkN
Q4. State all the forces with frictions in x- and y- directions for the following conditions.
(a) Object at rest: (b) Object at constant velocity:
m m
F F
θ θ
(c) Object accelerates up the incline: (d) Object accelerates down the incline:
a a
m m
F F
θ θ
WORK & ENERGY
WORK DONE (W)
• The work done is equal to the product of the component of the force Fx in the direction of the displacement
multiplied by the displacement x, and is a scalar quantity. SI unit: newton-meter (N·m) = Joule (J)
Compression of spring:
=
ENERGY
Mechanical Energy involves both kinetic energy (KE) and potential energy (PE or U). The PE may
involve gravitational PE (mgy), elastics PE (1/2kx2), etc.
The Principle of Conservation of Mechanical Energy
• Inelastic Collision : total momentum is conserved but total kinetic energy is not conserved.
NOTE: The +ve or –ve direction of velocities are very important !!!
CIRCULAR MOTION & ROTATION
An object moving in a circle must experience a force acting on it; otherwise it would move in a straight line (1st
Law).
• constant speed or tangential speed or linear speed is tangential to the path.
• constant force is towards the center, named centripetal force.
The magnitude of the centripetal acceleration is given by:
Newton’s 2nd Law says that the centripetal acceleration is produced by a force
called centripetal force:
VERTICAL CIRCLE: LOOP-THE-LOOP
At top:
At bottom:
Units: rad/s
ANGULAR
ACCELERATION, α
Units: rad/s2
Q5. Determine the speed of the bullet. [Ans: 491 m/s]
(A)
12.0 cm
10.0 g
3.20 kg