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Physics 107
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Introduction
1. Human Senses and Interactions
1. Systems and Interactions
2. Human senses
3. Mathematical models
4. Introduction to statistics
Biomechanics and Modeling Human Motion
2. Describing human walking (1-dim kinematics)
1. Coordinate systems
2. One dimensional kinematics: displacement, velocity, acceleration.
3. Calculating instantaneous velocity and acceleration from position data.
3. Describing human jumping (2-dim kinematics)
1. independence of x and y motion.
2. vectors
1. definition
2. displacement, velocity, acceleration
3. projectile motion
4. How do we start and stop moving? (dynamics)
1. Newton's first law of motion
2. Newton's second law of motion
3. Surface force: friction and normal
4. Tension forces
5. Newton's third law of motion
6. Modeling friction: static and kinetic
7. Working with forces in two dimensions
5. Energy
1. Definition of work
2. Gravitational potential energy
3. Kinetic energy
4. Work-energy theorem
5. Conservative and non-conservative forces
6. Conservation of mechanical energy
7. Work-energy with non-conservative forces
6. Impact, Collision, and Body Damage
1. Definition of impulse
2. linear momentum
3. Impulse-momentum theorem
4. Collisions: elastic and inelastic
5. Conservation of linear momentum
7. Rotational Motion
1. Rotational kinematics
2. torque
3. moment of inertia
4. relating torque and angular acceleration
5. Definition of angular momentum
6. Conservation of angular momentum
Modeling the Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
8. Fluid Statics
1. Definition of pressure
2. Density
3. Pressure as a function of depth
4. measuring pressure
5. Pascal’s principle
6. Archimedes’ principle
9. Fluid Dynamics
1. Volume flow rate
2. Equation of continuity
3. Bernoulli’s equation
4. Poiseuille’s law for resistance