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PHY 113 Mechanics And Properties Of Matter I

NCE1 levelSciences26 topics

PHY 113 covers 26 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. QUANTITIES, UNITS AND DIMENSIONS
  2. Fundamental quantities (mass, length, time, current, temperature, luminous intensity, amount of
  3. Derived quantities (e.g. volume, speed, momentum etc).
  4. Fundamental and derived units
  5. Dimensions - dimensional equations and their uses
  6. SCALARS AND VECTORS
  7. Scalar and vector quantities
  8. Vector components
  9. Addition and subtraction of vectors
  10. Composition and resolution of vectors
  11. Vector and scalar products
  12. Displacement, velocity and acceleration
  13. One, two-dimensional motions
  14. Relative velocity
  15. Projectiles
  16. OSCILLATORY AND CIRCULAR MOTIONS
  17. Simple Harmonic Motion (Oscillation)
  18. Period, amplitude and phase
  19. Expression for period, frequency, velocity and acceleration
  20. Damped S.H.M.
  21. Newton’s LAWS OF MOTION
  22. Force, inertia and friction
  23. MOMENTUM
  24. Definition
  25. Law of conservation of linear momentum
  26. Collisions (elastic and inelastic; straight line & oblique).

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

QUANTITIES, UNITS AND DIMENSIONS

This topic introduces physical quantities, the standard units used to measure them, and dimensions as a way of expressing how quantities depend on fundamental physical ideas such as length, mass, and time. It matters in exams because it underpins all later mechanics: you must be able to distinguish scalar and vector quantities, use SI units correctly, convert units, and apply dimensional analysis to test equations…

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