Week 14: Symmetry and center of mass, center of gravity
Ghori Q.K., Mechanics. Lahore: West Pakistan Publishing Company
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Course Material
- Week 1: Introduction to scalars and vectors
- Week 2: Scalar and vector products
- Week 3: Differentiation of vectors
- Week 4: Integration of vectors
- Week 5: The Gradient, The divergence
- Week 6: The Curl
- Week 7: Introduction to Mechanics
- Week 8: Composition and resolution of co-planar forces
- Week 9: Mid Term Exam
- Week 10: Moments, and Couples
- Week 11: Conditions of equilibrium under the action of co-planar forces
- Week 12: Reduction of system of forces
- Week 13: Center of mass of various bodies
- Week 14: Symmetry and center of mass, center of gravity
- Week 15: Kinematics of a particle in Cartesian and polar co-ordinates, linear and angular velocity, rectilinear motion with uniform and variable acceleration, Simple harmonic motion
- Week 16: Projectile motion, motion along horizontal and vertical circles, orbital motion, planetary motion and Kepler’ laws
- Week 17: Frictional forces, laws of friction, equilibrium of bodies on rough surfaces, principle of virtual work and related problems
- Week 18: Final Term Exam
- Chapters 18
- Department Mathematics
- Teacher
Dr. Javaria Farooq
