Physics I

All captions included in Newtonian Physics.

PHYSICS

Bora Yavuzer

11/8/20251 min read

white concrete building
white concrete building

Main Topics:

  • Units, Dimensions, and Measurement
    – SI units, dimensional analysis, significant figures, error analysis

  • Kinematics (Motion in One and Two Dimensions)
    – Displacement, velocity, acceleration
    – Motion graphs
    – Projectile motion

  • Dynamics (Newton’s Laws of Motion)
    – Newton’s three laws
    – Free-body diagrams
    – Friction, tension, normal force
    – Circular motion and centripetal force

  • Work, Energy, and Power
    – Work–energy theorem
    – Kinetic and potential energy
    – Conservation of energy
    – Power and efficiency

  • Momentum and Collisions
    – Impulse and momentum
    – Conservation of momentum
    – Elastic and inelastic collisions
    – Center of mass

  • Rotational Motion
    – Torque, rotational kinematics
    – Moment of inertia
    – Angular momentum conservation

  • Gravitation
    – Newton’s law of universal gravitation
    – Gravitational potential energy
    – Orbits and Kepler’s laws

  • Fluids (optional in some Physics 1 courses)
    – Density, pressure, buoyancy
    – Pascal’s principle, Bernoulli’s equation

  • Simple Harmonic Motion (if included)
    – Springs and pendulums
    – Energy in SHMUnits, Dimensions, and Measurement
    – SI units, dimensional analysis, significant figures, error analysis

  • Kinematics (Motion in One and Two Dimensions)
    – Displacement, velocity, acceleration
    – Motion graphs
    – Projectile motion

  • Dynamics (Newton’s Laws of Motion)
    – Newton’s three laws
    – Free-body diagrams
    – Friction, tension, normal force
    – Circular motion and centripetal force

  • Work, Energy, and Power
    – Work–energy theorem
    – Kinetic and potential energy
    – Conservation of energy
    – Power and efficiency

  • Momentum and Collisions
    – Impulse and momentum
    – Conservation of momentum
    – Elastic and inelastic collisions
    – Center of mass

  • Rotational Motion
    – Torque, rotational kinematics
    – Moment of inertia
    – Angular momentum conservation

  • Gravitation
    – Newton’s law of universal gravitation
    – Gravitational potential energy
    – Orbits and Kepler’s laws

  • Fluids (optional in some Physics 1 courses)
    – Density, pressure, buoyancy
    – Pascal’s principle, Bernoulli’s equation

  • Simple Harmonic Motion (if included)
    – Springs and pendulums
    – Energy in SHM