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PIRA DCS: Mechanics |
- 1A-Measurement
- 10. Basic Units
- 20. Error and Accuracy
- 30. Coordinate Systems
- 40. Vectors
- 50. Math Topics
- 60. Scaling
- 1C-Motion in One Dimension
- 10. Velocity
- 20. Uniform Acceleration
- 30. Measuring g
- 1D. Motion in Two Dimensions
- 10. Displacement in Two Dimensions
- 15. Velocity, Position, and Acceleration
- 40. Motion of the Center of Mass
- 50. Central Forces
- 52. Deformation by Central Forces
- 55. Centrifugal Escape
- 60. Projectile Motion
- 1E-Relative Motion
- 10. Moving Reference Frames
- 20. Rotating Reference Frames
- 30. Coriolis Effect
- 1F-Newton's First Law
- 10. Measuring Inertia
- 20. Inertia of Rest
- 30. Inertia of Motion
- 1G-Newton's Second Law
- 10. Force, Mass, and Acceleration
- 20. Accelerated Reference Frames
- 30. Complex Systems
- 1H-Newton's Third Law
- 10. Action and Reaction
- 11. Recoil
- 1J-Statistics of Rigid Bodies
- 10. Finding Center of Gravity
- 11. Exceeding Center of Gravity
- 20. Stable, Unstable, and Neut. Equilibrium
- 30. Resolution of Forces
- 40. Static Torque
- 1K-Applications of Newton's Laws
- 10. Dynamic Torque
- 20. Friction
- 30. Pressure
- 1L-Gravity
- 10. Universal
Gravitational Constant
- 20. Orbits
- 1M-Work and Energy
- 10. Work
- 20. Simple Machines
- 30. Non-Conservative Forces
- 40. Conservation of Energy
- 50. Mechanical Power
- 1N-Linear Momentum
- 10. Impulse and Thrust
- 20. Conservation of Linear Momentum
- 21. Mass and Momentum Transfer
- 22. Rockets
- 30. Collisions in One Dimension
- 40. Collisions in Two Dimensions
- 1Q-Rotational Dynamics
- 10. Moment of Inertia
- 20. Rotational Energy
- 30. Transfer of Angular Momentum
- 40. Conservation of Angular Momentum
- 50. Gyros
- 60. Rotational Stability
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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007