1 | PHYSICS AND MEASUREMENT: Standards of mass, length and time, dimensional analysis, conversion of units, order of magnitude calculations, significant figures. |
2 | VECTORS:Coordinate systems, vectors and scalar quantities, properties of vectors, components of vectors and unit vectors, multiplication of a vector by a scalar, the scalar product, the vector product. |
3 | MOTION IN ONE DİMENTION: The position, velocity and speed, one dimensional motion with constant velocity, acceleration, motion diagrams, one dimensional motion with constant acceleration, free fall. |
4 | MOTION IN TWO DIMENTIONS: The position, velocity and acceleration vectors, two dimensional motion with constant acceleration, projectile motion, uniform circular motion, tangential and radial accelerations, relative velocity and relative acceleration. |
5 | THE LAWS OF MOTION : The concept of force, Newton's first law and inertial frames, mass, Newton's second law, the gravitational force and weight, Newton's third law, free body diagrams, examples and problems. |
6 | CIRCULAR MOTION AND OTHER APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON'S LAWS:
Uniform circular motion, non-uniform circular motion, forces of friction, various examples and problems to be soled. |
7 | WORK AND KINETIC ENERGY :Work done by a constant force, work done by a variable force, kinetic energy, work - kinetic energy theorem, potential energy, conservative and non-conservative forces, conservative forces and potential energy, energy diagrams and equilibrium. |
8 | POTENTIAL ENERGY AND CONSERVATION OF ENERGY: Gravitational potential energy, potential energy of an elastic spring, conservation of mechanical energy, changes in mechanical energy for non-conservative forces, conservation of energy in general, power. |
9 | LINEAR MOMEMTUM AND COLLISIONS: Linear momentum, collision in one dimension, conservation of momentum, impulse - momentum theorem, elastic and inelastic collisions, collisions in two dimensions, the center of mass, system of particles. |
10 | ROTATION OF A RIGID OBJECT ABOUT A FIXED AXIS: Angular position, velocity and acceleration, rotation of a rigid body under a constant acceleration, angular and translational quantities, rotational kinetic energy, moment of inertia, torque, torque and angular acceleration, energy consideration in rotational motion, rolling motion of a rigid object. |
11 | ANGULAR MOMENTUM: Torque and angular momentum, angular momentum of a system of particles, angular momentum of a rotating rigid object, conservation of angular momentum. |
12 | STATIC EQUILIBRIUM AND ELASTICITY: Rigid object in equilibrium, conditions of equilibrium, examples of objects in static equilibrium, center of gravity. |
13 | UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION: The law of universal gravitation, free-fall acceleration and the gravitational force, Kepler's laws, gravitational field, gravitational potential energy, energy considerations in planetary and satellite motion. |
14 | General review of the topics covered in the course. |