Lecture 0 – Introduction

to a Course of Physics 1
Instructor: Duong Minh Bui, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Electrical Power Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Vietnamese-German University, Vietnam
Email: duong.bm@vgu.edu.vn
Phone: 0918163356 (Zalo)
1. Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
Demonstrate converting units and other aspects of dimensional
analysis in the working of numerical problems.
Apply principles of Newtonian mechanics to predict and account for
simple phenomena modeled by the motion of particles in one and two
dimensions.
Apply principles of Newtonian mechanics to predict and account for
simple phenomena modeled by the motion of a rigid body in two
dimensions.
2. Contents of Course mass, time ,lenght

LECTURE 1 - Units, physical quantities, and vectors (3 hours)

Three fundamental quantities of physics and the units physicists use to measure them.
How to keep track of significant figures in your calculations
The difference between scalars and vectors, and how to add and subtract vectors
graphically.
What the components of a vector are, and how to use them in calculations.
What unit vectors are, and how to use them with components to describe vectors.
Two ways of multiplying vectors.
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 2 - Particle Kinematics - Motion along a straight line (3 hours)
How to describe straight-line motion in terms of average velocity, instantaneous
velocity, average acceleration, and instantaneous acceleration.
How to interpret graphs of position versus time, velocity versus time, and
acceleration versus time for straight line motion.
How to solve problems involving straight-line motion with constant
acceleration, including free-fall problems.
How to analyze straight-line motion when the acceleration is not constant.
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 2 - Particle Kinematics - Motion in two and three dimensions (3 hours)
How to represent the position of a body in two or three dimensions using vectors.
How to determine the vector velocity of a body from a knowledge of its path.
How to find the vector acceleration of a body, and why a body can have an acceleration
even if its speed is constant.
How to interpret the components of a body’s acceleration parallel to and perpendicular
to its path.
The key ideas behind motion in a circular path, with either constant speed or varying
speed.
How to relate the velocity of a moving body as seen from two different frames of
reference.
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 3 - Force and Motion: Particle Dynamics (3 hours)
What the concept of force means in physics, and why forces are vectors.
The significance of the net force on an object, and what happens when the net force is
zero.
The relationship among the net force on an object, the object’s mass, and its
acceleration.
How the forces that two bodies exert on each other are related.
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 4 - Further Applications of Newton's Laws (3 hours)
How to use Newton’s first law to solve problems involving the forces that act on a body
in equilibrium.
How to use Newton’s second law to solve problems involving the forces that act on an
accelerating body.
The nature of the different types of friction forces—static friction, kinetic friction,
rolling friction, and fluid resistance—and how to solve problems that involve these
forces.
How to solve problems involving the forces that act on a body moving along a circular
path.
The key properties of the four fundamental forces of nature.
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 5 - Work, Power, and Energy (3 hours)
What it means for a force to do work on a body, and how to calculate the amount of
work done.
The definition of the kinetic energy (energy of motion) of a body, and what it means
physically.
How the total work done on a body changes the body’s kinetic energy, and how to use
this principle to solve problems in mechanics.
How to use the relationship between total work and change in kinetic energy when the
forces are not constant, the body follows a curved path, or both.
How to solve problems involving power (the rate of doing work).
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 6 - Potential energy and energy conservation (3 hours)
Work Done by a Constant Force or a Varying Force.
Kinetic Energy Theorem.
The Non-Isolated System--Conservation of Energy.
Situations Involving Kinetic Friction.
Potential Energy of a System.
The Isolated System--Conservation of Mechanical Energy.
Conservative and Nonconservative Forces. Changes in Mechanical Energy for
Nonconservative Forces.
Relationship Between Conservative Forces and Potential Energy.
Energy Diagrams and Equilibrium of a System.
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 7 - Momentum and Collisions (3 hours)
The meaning of the momentum of a particle, and how the impulse of the net force
acting on a particle causes its momentum to change.
The conditions under which the total momentum of a system of particles is constant
(conserved).
How to solve problems in which two bodies collide with each other.
The important distinction among elastic, inelastic, and completely inelastic collisions.
The definition of the center of mass of a system, and what determines how the center
of mass moves.
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 8 - Rotational Motion (3 hours)
Angular Position, Velocity, and Acceleration: How to describe the rotation of a rigid
body in terms of angular coordinate, angular velocity, and angular acceleration.
Rotational Kinematics: Rotational Motion with Constant Angular Acceleration - How to
analyze rigid-body rotation when the angular acceleration is constant.
Angular and Linear Quantities: How to relate the rotation of a rigid body to the linear
velocity and linear acceleration of a point on the body.
Rotational Kinetic Energy.
Calculation of Moments of Inertia.
Relationship Between Torque and Angular Acceleration.
Work, Power, and Energy in Rotational Motion.
Rolling Motion of a Rigid Object.
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 9 – Oscillations (3 hours)
Simple Harmonic Motion: Kinematics of Simple Harmonic Motion, Dynamics of Simple
Harmonic Motion, and Energetics of Simple Harmonic Motion
Damped and Forced Oscillations: Damped Oscillations, Forced Oscillations, and
Resonance
Problem-Solving Summary
2. Contents of Course (cont.)
LECTURE 10 - Angular Momentum (3 hours)
The Vector Product and Torque.
Angular Momentum.
Angular Momentum of a Rotating Rigid Object.
Conservation of Angular Momentum.
The Motion of Gyroscopes and Tops.
Angular Momentum as a Fundamental Quantity.
3. Learning Activities
Attendance (10%): Attendance will be checked by doing 15 or 30-minute quick tests for each
lecture homework cuối bài - đọc trước bài giảng
Individual Assignments (10%): Homework for each lecture. No late submission.
Final exam (100%): It is a closed-book exam. However, the students are allowed to only use
a A4-sized double-side cheat sheet. The examination time is 90 minutes.
Lab or Workshop (Pass/Fail): múst pass for exam
Experiment 1- Determine the gravity by investigating free-fall objects and reversible pendulum.
Experiment 2- Determine the moment of inertia of rigid objects: a sphere, a dish, a cylinder, a
long bar.
Experiment 3– Determine the wavelength of a laser beam by using the Interference at Fresnel’s
Bi-prism and mirror with an He-Ne laser.
After each experiment, students have to collect and analyze data then synthesize
them on a report.
4. Pass Conditions

Must get at least 50/120;

Must pass all lab experiments;
5. References (Text books)
Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett, “Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern
Physics,” Cengage Learning, 2019, 10th Edition.
A. L. Stanford, J. M. Tanner, “Physics for students of science and engineering,” Academic
Press, Elsevier Inc., 1985, 1st Edition.