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MOTION REVIEW: Translational motion, kinematic equations, vector components, Newton’s 3 laws
ROTATIONAL MOTION: Angular velocity & acceleration, angular kinematic equations, rotational inertia, torque & equilibrium, torque = Iα, angular momentum, rotational kinetic energy, energy in rotating systems.
PARTICLE MECHANICS: Centre of mass, momentum in 2 dimensions,
Conservation of momentum, impulse, conservation of energy in linear systems.
OSCILLATIONS: Describing SHM, SHM equations, use of reference circle, graphs, phasors.
CIRCULAR MOTION: Circular motion at constant speed, gravity, satellites, conical pendulum, banked corners, vertical circles
ENERGY and SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION: EP and EK, damping, forced SHM, resonance