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Mechanics, Heat, Oscillations and Waves

Prof. V. Balakrishnan · IIT Madras

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Lectures

Week -1

  1. The Nature of Physical Laws Video
  2. Fundamental Constants & Dimensional Analysis Video
  3. Dimensional analysis and scaling. Video
  4. sketching Elementary Functions Video
  5. The fundamental forces of nature. Video

Week-2

  1. Scalars,Victors & All That Video
  2. Plane Polar Coordinates Video
  3. Vectors In a Plane,Scalars & Pseudoscalars Video
  4. Kinematics In a Plane Video
  5. Vectors in 3- Dimensional Space Video

Week - 3

  1. Vectors in 3-dimensional space (continued) Video
  2. The Finite Rotation Formula, Polar Coordinates in 3-dimensions Video
  3. Cylindrical and Spherical polar coordinates Video
  4. Motion in a circle - Acceleration Video
  5. Newtons laws of motion Video

Week-4

  1. Conservation Laws and Newtons Equations Video
  2. Conservation of Angular Momentum Video
  3. Two-Body Scattering Video
  4. Two-Body Collision Kinematics Video
  5. Conservative Forces - The Concept of a Potential Video

Week-5

  1. Central Potential and Central Force Video
  2. The 2-Body Central Force Problem Video
  3. Keplers Laws of Planetary Motion Video
  4. Non-Inertial Forces ("Pseudo-forces") Video
  5. More on the Kepler problem; Satellite motion Video

Week-6

  1. Linear Elasticity of Solids Video
  2. Simple Harmonic Motion Video
  3. Some Physical Examples of Simple Harmonic Motion Video
  4. More on Simple Harmonic Motion Video
  5. Damped Simple Harmonic Motion Video

Week-7

  1. Wave Motion - Travelling and Standing Waves Video
  2. Wave Motion - Wave Equation, General Solution Video
  3. Fluid Dynamics - Hydrostatic Equilibrium Video
  4. Fluid Dynamics - Equation of Continuity Video
  5. Fluid Flow - Bernoullis Principle Video

Week - 8

  1. Circulation and Vorticity Video
  2. What is Thermodynamics? Video
  3. The Classical Ideal Gas Video
  4. The Laws of Thermodynamics Video
  5. Specific Heat of an Ideal Gas Video
  6. Van der Waals Equation Video
  7. Phase Transitions Video
  8. Summary Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Madras
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. V. Balakrishnan
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
NPTEL
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