Classical Mechanics Topics
- Absolute Velocity
- The vector sum of the velocity of a fluid parcel relative to the earth and the velocity of the parcel due to the earth′s rotation.
- Accelerate
- To increase the speed of an object.
- Acceleration
- The change in velocity divided by the time it takes to make the change.
- Angular Frequency
- The frequency of a steady recurring phenomenum in radians per second.
- Angular Momentum
- A vector quantity giving the rotational momentum.
- Angular Rate
- The rate of change of angle.
- Angular Velocity
- The rate of change of angle turned in radians.
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- Conservation of Angular Momentum
- The total angular momentum of a system is constant unless an external torque acts on it.
- Conservation of Momentum
- If the net external force on a system is zero, the total linear momentum of the system does not change.
- Density
- The derived SI unit of density is kgm-3
- Escape Velocity
- This is the initial velocity that an object would have to have if projected from the surface of a body (e.g. Earth) to reach infinity before coming to rest.
- Gravity, Standard Acceleration due to
- g = 9.80665 ms-2
- Group Velocity
- A group may be made up of a number of different frequencies, wavelengths and velocities that are superposed. Such a group would disperse with time if the wave velocity of each component is different.
- Kinetic Energy
- The energy that a body possesses solely because it is moving.
- Kinetic Heating
- Heating as a result of air friction.
- Linear Momentum
- A vector quantity equal to the product of an object's mass and its velocity.
- Mass Density
- Mass per unit volume.
- Momentum
- Usually refers to linear momentum, a vector quantity equal to the product of an object's mass and its velocity.
- Rotational Kinetic Energy
- The energy a body possesses due to it's rotation about an axis.
- Standard Acceleration due to Gravity
- g = 9.80665 ms-2
- Static
- A fixed nonvarying condition, without motion.
- Static Equilibrium
- Equilibrium which does not include inertial forces.
- Static Friction
- The frictional force between two surfaces at rest relative to each other.
- Theoretical Density
- This is the density of a material calculated from the atomic weight and crystal structure.
- Torque
- The torque or turning moment acting on a body is defined as the product of the magnitude of the force and the perpendicular distance of the line of action of the force from the axis about which the body is being rotated.
- Velocity
- Velocity is a vector quantity that specifies the time rate of change of displacement with respect to a reference frame.
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