Many of you on BoS have no problems with Mechanics. But there are some of you who could do with some help on this topic. As has been pointed out before, the "maths" in Mechanics is straightforward. So why do some 4U students still find it difficult? I have my own thinking on this - some of you, especially those not doing Physics, do not have a good grasps of the various basic concepts associated with Mechanics - such as Newton's laws of motion, displacement, velocity, acceleration, force, tension, normal reaction, friction etc etc. So I have designed a 2 x 3-hr [total: 6 hours] workshop to address these aspects.
The workshop will go over typical Questions from the following areas:
- 6.1: Mathematical Representation of a motion described in physical terms
- 6.2: Resisted Motion
- 6.3: Circular Motion
analysing the nature of such questions.
The workshop will explain in considerable detail, often relating to simple real-life observations, simple demo, and relating to the worked solutions, of the following:
- Newton's 3 laws of motion
- vectors: the parallelogram, triangle and polygon laws of vector addition
- vector resolution
- resultant force & resolution of forces
- equilibrium
- escape velocity
- terminal velocity
- sources of centripetal force (gravity, friction, tension, normal reaction . . . . )
- meaning & nature of: - normal reaction, tension, friction, light or weightless strings, rods etc
- when do we experience: - slipping, skidding, side thrust, departure from a surface, slacking of a string etc etc
- banked tracks, associated forces & geometry
- raised rails, associated forces & geometry
- conical pendulum [simple, on conical surface & inside conical surface], associated forces & geometry
Students from schools which will be covering Mechanics rather late in the 3rd term may not have enough time to master the subject and would also benefit from this workshop.
When: any 2 mornings or afternoons mutually convenient
Where: Eastwood or other mutually convenient venue (e.g. Strathfield or Parramatta Libraries) or your home[if not too far]
How much: 1-on-1 ($240)
Group of 2 to 4: ($150 each)
Full set of workshop notes will be provided.
If interested please PM me. Coming holidays is ideal time.
The workshop will go over typical Questions from the following areas:
- 6.1: Mathematical Representation of a motion described in physical terms
- 6.2: Resisted Motion
- 6.3: Circular Motion
analysing the nature of such questions.
The workshop will explain in considerable detail, often relating to simple real-life observations, simple demo, and relating to the worked solutions, of the following:
- Newton's 3 laws of motion
- vectors: the parallelogram, triangle and polygon laws of vector addition
- vector resolution
- resultant force & resolution of forces
- equilibrium
- escape velocity
- terminal velocity
- sources of centripetal force (gravity, friction, tension, normal reaction . . . . )
- meaning & nature of: - normal reaction, tension, friction, light or weightless strings, rods etc
- when do we experience: - slipping, skidding, side thrust, departure from a surface, slacking of a string etc etc
- banked tracks, associated forces & geometry
- raised rails, associated forces & geometry
- conical pendulum [simple, on conical surface & inside conical surface], associated forces & geometry
Students from schools which will be covering Mechanics rather late in the 3rd term may not have enough time to master the subject and would also benefit from this workshop.
When: any 2 mornings or afternoons mutually convenient
Where: Eastwood or other mutually convenient venue (e.g. Strathfield or Parramatta Libraries) or your home[if not too far]
How much: 1-on-1 ($240)
Group of 2 to 4: ($150 each)
Full set of workshop notes will be provided.
If interested please PM me. Coming holidays is ideal time.
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