PHYS 1750: SELECTED TOPICS in PHYSICS
LECTURE 06. Force and Newton's Laws of Motion.
4.1. | The Concept of Force | ||
1. | That which causes acceleration | ||
2. | Examples | ||
a. Contact forces | |||
b. Field forces | |||
3. | Really both the same... | ||
4. | Free-body diagrams | ||
4.2. | Newton's First Law (Leonardo...) | ||
1. | Mass and inertia | ||
2. | Examples | ||
4.3. | Newton's Second Law | ||
1. | Could be used to define force | ||
2. | Units | ||
3. | Weight vs. mass | ||
4.4. | Newton's Third Law | ||
1. | Reaction forces | ||
2. | The normal force |
Review Questions for this part of Chapter 4
Lecture 07: Applications and Friction