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Review and Vectors
General Review
Lecture 1 | Review
Vector Operations
Lecture 1 | Vectors
Kinematics
Average Quantities
Lecture 1 | Position and Displacement
Lecture 2 | Average Velocity and Acceleration
Graphical Analysis
Lecture 1 | Graphical Analysis
1D Kinematics
Lecture 1 | 1-D Kinematics of Constant Acceleration
Lecture 2 | 1-D Kinematics Problem Solving Strategies
2D Kinematics
Lecture 1 | 2-D Kinematics
Lecture 2 | Projectile Motion
Mechanics
Forces 1
Lecture 1 | Forces Introduction
Lecture 2 | FBD and Newton's 2nd Law
Lecture 3 | Application of Newton's 2nd Law
Forces 2
Lecture 1 | Friction
Lecture 2 | Inclined Planes
Forces 3
Lecture 1 | Coupled Systems and Pulleys
Lecture 2 | Forces and Uniform Circular Motion
Momentum
Impulse and Momentum
Lecture 1 | Impulse and Momentum Theorem
Conservation of Momentum
Lecture 1 | 1-D Conservation of Momentum
Lecture 2 | 2-D Conservation of Momentum
Energy
Work & Kinetic Energy
Lecture 1 | Work and Kinetic Energy Theorem
Conservation of Energy
Lecture 1 | Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
Lecture 2 | Conservation of Energy Application
Lecture 3 | Systems and Energy, Collisions
Rotational Mechanics
Rotational Kinematics
Lecture 1 | Angular Position, Velocity, and Acceleration for Non-uniform Circular Motion
Lecture 2 | Connecting Rotational and Translational Kinematics
Statics & Dynamics
Lecture 1 | Torque and the 2nd Law for Rotation
Lecture 2 | Application of 2nd Law: Static Equilibrium and Stability
Lecture 3 | Dynamics and Moment of Inertia
Rotation and Conserved Quantities
Lecture 1 | Angular Momentum and Rotational Energy
Thermodynamics
Microscopic Model of Gases
Lecture 1 | Micro view of matter, kinetic theory of gases
Lecture 2 | State variables and equations of state, ideal gas
1st Law and Heat
Lecture 1 | 1st law of thermodynamics, energy transfers
Lecture 2 | Specific Heat, Phase Transformations, Calorimetry
Lecture 3 | Conduction, Convection, Radiation
2nd Law and Entropy
Lecture 1 | Entropy, 2nd Law
Thermodynamic Processes and Cycles
Lecture 1 | Heat Engines
Lecture 2 | PV Diagrams, Processes
Lecture 3 | Cycles and efficiency
Fluid Mechanics
Fluid Statics
Lecture 1 | Pressure at a Depth, Pascal's Principle
Lecture 2 | Hydraulics, Buoyancy
Fluid Dynamics
Lecture 1 | Continuity, Bernoulli
Waves & Oscillations
Oscillating Systems
Lecture 1 | General Oscillations, Simple Harmonic Motion, Equations of Motion
Lecture 2 | SHM Case Studies: Pendulums and Springs
Lecture 3 | Damped Oscillations, Driven Oscillations and Resonance
Traveling Waves
Lecture 1 | Wavelength, Frequency, Speed, Equations of Motion
Lecture 2 | Sound, Light, Waves on a String
Lecture 3 | Energy and Intensity, Sound Intensity Level: Decibels
Lecture 4 | Doppler
Superposition of Waves
Lecture 1 | Standing Wave Resonance in Tubes and on Strings
Lecture 2 | General Two Source Interference
Optics
Wave Optics
Lecture 1 | Young's Double Slit
Lecture 2 | Multi and Single Slit, Spectroscopy
Lecture 3 | Index of Refraction, Thin Film Interference
Ray Optics
Lecture 1 | Rays, Reflection, Refraction, TIR, Dispersion
Lecture 2 | Formation of Images, Ray Tracing
Lecture 3 | Thin Lenses
Electric Fields & Potentials
Charges and the Electric Force
Lecture 1 | Micro-model of Charge, Q-transfer, Conductors vs. Insulators
Lecture 2 | Electric Forces and Coulomb's Law
Electric Fields
Lecture 1 | Field Model, Charges in an Electric Field
Lecture 2 | Electric Field from Point Charges
Lecture 3 | Electric Fields Patterns
Electric Potential
Lecture 1 | Electric Potential and Electric Potential Energy
Lecture 2 | EP Field Patterns and Motion of Charges
Lecture 3 | Connecting Electric Potential and Electric Field
Circuits
Resistive Circuits
Lecture 1 | Micro-model of Charge flow, Resistance, Ohm's Law, Power
Lecture 2 | Kirchoff's Laws
Lecture 3 | Equivalent Circuits
Magnetism
Magnetic Fields and Forces
Lecture 1 | Magnetic Fields, Magnetism
Lecture 2 | Magnetic Force, UCM
Magnetic Induction
Lecture 1 | Motional EMF, Induced Currents
Lecture 2 | Faraday and Lenz's Law
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