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Section 1: Matter Exists in Space and Time About Newton's Mechanics and Calculus ~ 1687 Section Advance: 2 3 4 5 |
1.00 Matter Exists in Space and Time | Excerpt | 1 |
Physics is learned from educators, books which describe physical reality and simple experiments. A scientific language is developed. Matter, space and time are beginning ideas. | ||
1.01 A Basic Methodology | 2 | |
♦ Prove: (A - B)² = A² - 2AB + B² | Excerpt | 3 |
Physics uses algebra and algebra uses geometry. As a "refresher" exercise |
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♦ Theorem of Pythagoras | 4 | |
♦ Eratosthanes' Experiment | 5 | |
♦ Drilling Rig Visibility | 6 | |
♦ Prove: ( -1 ) x ( -1 ) = 1 | 7 | |
1.02 Position: the First Vector | 8 | |
♦ Pharaoh's Engineers | Excerpt | 9 |
The Great Pyramid of Egypt was constructed to precise proportions. A hypothesis is that the pyramid was constructed to fit inside an imaginary hemisphere with each of its corners and its peak touching the hemisphere. Suppose the hypothesis were true. Calculate the resulting angle each face would make with the horizontal plane of the desert.
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♦ Vectors Contain Trigonometry | 10 | |
♦ Crank, Rod and Piston | Excerpt | 11 |
The connected mechanical parts whereby explosive combustion becomes power of a rotating shaft are called "power trains." The simplest arrangement, crank-rod-piston, shown. Engine designers must know precisely the position and speed of the piston face for every position of the crank. The math tool, vectors, makes such tasks logically systematic. | ||
♦ Ladder-Boom Rescue | 12 | |
♦ Dog and Pony Show | 13 | |
1.03 Basic Terms and Tools | 14 | |
1.04 Models of Reality | 15 | |
1.05 Velocity: Our First Derivative | 16 | |
1.06 Mass Equation: BODY | 17 | |
1.07 Momentum: BODY | 18 | |
1.08 Derivative of Momentum: BODY | 19 | |
1.09 About: f = ma UNDER REVISION | 20 | |
1.10 Uniform Motion | 21 | |
1.11 Constant Momentum Motion | 22 | |
♦ Valentino's Wake | 23 | |
♦ Dog Greets Owners | Excerpt | 24 |
When detail is unavailable, approximation is required. |
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♦ Least Distance 1 | 25 | |
♦ Least Distance 2 | 26 | |
♦ Yacht and Sea Buoy | 27 | |
♦ Scissor Jack | 28 | |
♦ Train Passes Two Boys | Excerpt | 29 |
Two boys, walking beside railroad tracks heard a train approaching from behind. The older boy knew the city train speeds limit was 30 mph. He and his buddy walked about 3 feet per second. When the nose of the engine was abreast of them, the smaller boy began to count. The count, the instant the caboose passed, was, "... 34 seconds." A moment later, the older boy said, "... only about 1400 feet long." |
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♦ Civil War Memorial | 30 | |
1.12 Steps to Integrate | 31 | |
1.13 Measurement of μMEarth | 32 | |
1.14 Weight and Weighing | 33 | |
♦ Hand Supports a Mass | 34 | |
♦ Lunar "Carry-Off" Luggage | 35 | |
♦ Ten Pounds of Potatoes | 36 | |
1.15 Vectors: BODY | 37 | |
1.16 Notations: Position and Velocity | 38 | |
1.17 Value, Slope and Curvature | 39 | |
1.18 Differentiation: Time-Dependent Integral | 40 | |
♦ Blue Ocean Towing | Excerpt | 41 |
In the Davis Strait, a massive ice slab has cleaved from the ice-shelf and is drifting
toward an oil rig. Our largest tug, (pulling constantly at 90° to the current),
will drag the slab off-course so it passes abreast of the oil rig, at a distance no
closer than 4000 meters. Calculate the towing force required of the tug to
accomplish the task.
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1.19 Gravity at Altitudes | 42 | |
♦ Projectile Arcs | 43 | |
1.20 Events in Time | 44 | |
♦ Galileo's Inclined Plane | 45 | |
♦ Acceleration Initial Condition | 46 | |
1.21 Omitted Forces | 47 | |
♦ Parachutists Drag Force | 48 | |
♦ God Lifted Earth I | 49 | |
♦ God Lifted Earth II | 50 | |
♦ Point Blank | 51 | |
♦ Shot Tower | 52 | |
1.22 Momentum Equation: BODY | 53 | |
1.23 Mom Eqn Component Form: BODY | 54 | |
♦ Geostationary Orbits | 55 | |
1.24 Vector Basis: Circular Motion | 56 | |
♦ Polar versus Equatorial Weight | 57 | |
♦ Lift-Off Acceleration | 58 | |
1.25 Method, System and Numbers | 59 | |
1.26 Newton's Analytic Method | 60 | |
♦ Sled Mass | 61 | |
♦ Kinematics of Bar AB | 62 | |
♦ Quick Return Mechanism | 63 |
Section 2: Ideal Fluids About Fluids, Pressure and Hydrostatics Section Advance: 1 3 4 5 |
Section 3: Energy, Work, and Heat Extension of Newton's Ideas: Energy, Work and Heat Section Advance: 1 2 4 5 |
Section 4: Thermodynamic Properties Matter is Made Quantitative by its Properties Section Advance: 1 2 3 5 |
4.00 Thermodynamic Properties | 191 |
4.01 Phases at 1 Atmosphere | 192 |
4.02 Normal Properties of Water | 193 |
4.03 Energy Equation: Constant Pressure | 194 |
♦ Chef Thickens the Soup | 195 |
♦ When will the Teapot Whistle? | 196 |
♦ Water at One Atmosphere | 197 |
♦ Citrus Concentrate | 198 |
♦ Microwave Coffee | 199 |
♦ Grease Fire Experiment | 200 |
4.04 Steam Tables | 201 |
♦ Yardley's Extractor | 202 |
♦ Stone Boiling | 203 |
♦ Atmospheric Engine | 204 |
♦ Pressure Cooker | 205 |
♦ Emergency Power MS | 206 |
♦ Neon Signage | 207 |
♦ Leaded Pipe Joint | 208 |
♦ Specific Heat Calculation | 209 |
♦ Space Shuttle Re-entry | 210 |
♦ Copper Block Slides on Ice | 211 |
♦ Sausage Preparation | 212 |
♦ Ice versus Dry Ice Comparison | 213 |
♦ 1861 - Rifle Musket | 214 |
♦ Laser Retina Surgery | 215 |
Section 5: Thermodynamic Analysis Analysis Explains or Predicts Simple Events Section Advance: 1 2 3 4 |