PHY1012S is the first-year second-semester mechanics half course for engineering students.
Course co-ordinator:
Dr. I. Govender
Entrance requirements:
Consult engineering handbook
Course outline:
Vectors, kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, power, conservative and non-conservative forces, friction, impulse, momemtum, collisions, rotation, rotational dynamics, torque, rotational inertia, rotational energy, angular momentum, static equilibrium, elasticity, elastic moduli, simple harmonic motion.
Lecturers:
Course Tutors:
Detailed Course Information:
Link to 2010 Course Material (coming soon)
211209/sw
