Mechanics
Mechanics is the part of physics you can check with a tape measure and a stopwatch. This course goes deeper than the physics overview: how to set a problem up, and why the setup is most of the answer.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01Describing motionPosition, velocity, acceleration.
- 02The laws of motionThree statements that run everything.
- 03Free body diagramsThe habit that prevents mistakes.
- 04Friction and normal forcesThe contact forces.
- 05Equilibrium and torqueNothing moving, nothing turning.
- 06Work and energyA shortcut past the forces.
- 07Momentum and collisionsWhat survives an impact.
- 08Circular motionTurning needs a force.
- 09ProjectilesTwo independent motions.
- 10Solving problemsA repeatable procedure.
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