Physics 1
Physics 1 is the subject I wrote my thesis on and still work with: the damped, driven harmonic oscillator is exactly what you analyse on a racing suspension. Exam problems stop feeling abstract once you see what they are for.
First-year universityPhysics
How it works
How it works
- Length
- 90 minutes
- Where
- In person · Online
- Format
- One-to-one · Small group
- Language
- Italiano · English
Syllabus
Syllabus
Particle mechanics
- Kinematics in several dimensions
- Dynamics
- Work and energy
- Relative motion
Systems and rigid bodies
- Systems of particles
- Collisions
- Rotation
- Angular momentum
Oscillations
- Harmonic oscillator
- Damping
- Forced oscillation and resonance
Gravitation, fluids, thermodynamics
- Gravitation
- Fluid statics and dynamics
- Thermodynamics and entropy
What you will be able to do
What you will be able to do
- Set up a problem by choosing the right frame of reference
- Recognise when energy beats forces as an approach
- Read a frequency response and say what the system is doing
The first meeting is free.
It is there to work out where to actually start. If I do not think I can help, I will say so.
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