A Classical Approach of Newtonian Mechanics

A Classical Approach of Newtonian Mechanics Mariș Valeriu ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.Introduction 1.1 Major sources: The sources which I consulted most frequently whilst developing this book are: ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 What is classical mechanics? of Newton—involved the complete overthrow of the Aristotelian picture of the Uni ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.3 mks units 1.3 Mks units The first principle of any exact science is measurement. In mechanics there are three ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.4 Standard prefixes · · · mentum, etc. Each of these derived quantities can be reduced to some particular combi ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.5 Other units Factor Prefix Symbol Factor Prefix Symbol 1018 exa- E 10 −^1 deci- d 1015 peta-^ P^10 −^2 centi-^ ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.6 Precision and significant figures (^) 1 cm = 10 −^2 m 1 g = 10 −^3 kg 1 ft = 0.3048 m 1 lb = 4.448 N 1 slug = ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.7 Dimensional analysis in fps units, because the conversion factors which must be applied to the left- and righ ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.7 Dimensional analysis (^) Figure 1: The Leaning Tower of Pisa is (say) 1 m tall, and then film the model falli ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.7 Dimensional analysis g f q We can now compare the exponents of [L], [M], and [T ] on either side of the above ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.7 Dimensional analysis × 3 z Worked example 1.2: Tire pressure Question: The recommended tire pressure in a Hon ...

1 INTRODUCTION 1.7 Dimensional analysis ρ The third equation immediately gives x = 1/2; the second equation then yields y = −1/2 ...

2 MOTION IN 1 DIMENSION 4 2.Motion in 1 dimension 1.8 Introduction The purpose of this section is to introduce the concepts of d ...

2 MOTION IN 1 DIMENSION 2.3 Velocity x 1.10 Velocity Both Fig. 3 and formula (2.1) effectively specify the location of the body ...

2 MOTION IN 1 DIMENSION 2.3 Velocity Figure 3: Graph of displacement versus time body is always approximately constant in the in ...

2 MOTION IN 1 DIMENSION 2.4 Acceleration Figure 4: Graph of instantaneous velocity versus time associated with the motion specif ...

2 MOTION IN 1 DIMENSION 2.4 Acceleration Figure 5: Graph of instantaneous acceleration versus time associated with the motion sp ...

2 MOTION IN 1 DIMENSION 2.5 Motion with constant velocity x ^ x^ x 0  t 0 0 t^ Figure 6: Graph of displacement versus time for ...

2 MOTION IN 1 DIMENSION 2.6 Motion with constant acceleration x 0 A B C t^ D E Figure 7: Graph of displacement versus time (sinc ...

2 MOTION IN 1 DIMENSION 2.6 Motion with constant acceleration dx x x 0 0 0 t^ v ^ v^ v 0 ^ t^ 0 0 t^ Figure 8: Graphs of displ ...