Academic Calendar 2019/2020 - General Physics I: Mechanics

PHYS 1006  General Physics I: Mechanics

Prerequisites:

4U Physics; 4U Calculus & Vectors

Antirequisites:

PHYS 1005

Hours:

Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory work per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course introduces fundamental notions and physical laws in classical mechanics. Topics include one- and two-dimensional motions; Newton's three laws of motion; work, kinetic energy, potential energy, work-energy theorem and energy conservation; impulse, momentum, impulse-momentum theorem and momentum conservation, collision; rotational motion, moment of inertial, torque, angular momentum and conservation law of angular momentum; Newton's law of universal gravitation, Kepler's three laws, planetary and satellite motion.

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