Chapter 1:  Measurements and Estimations

• Observations, Uncertainties, Significance
• Units, SI-System
• Order of Magnitude Estimates

 Chapter 2:  Kinematics in 1 Dimension

• Reference Frames
• Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
• Falling Objects

  Chapter 3:  Kinematics in 2 Dimensions

• Scalars and Vectors
• Addition/Subtraction of Vectors, Scalar Multiplication
• Unit Vectors
• Vector Kinematics
• Projectile Motion
• Uniform Circular Motion
• Relative Velocities

 Chapter 4: Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion

• Force and Newton's 1.Law of Motion
• Mass and Newton's 2. Law of Motion
• Newton's 3.Law of Motion
• Weight, Gravitational and Normal Forces

 Chapter 5:  Applications of Newton's Laws

• Friction Forces
• Uniform Circular Motion
• Un-/banked Curves

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 Chapter 6:  Gravitation and Planetary Motion

• Newton's Gravitational Law
• Gravity near the Earth Surface
• Satellites
• Kepler's 3 Laws of Planetary Motion
• Gravitational Field
• Other Fundamental Forces

 Chapter 7:  Work and Energy

• Work Done by Constant Forces
• Scalar Product of Vectors
• Work Done by Varying Forces
• Kinetic Energy and the Work Principle

Chapter 8:  Conservation of Energy

• Non-/Conservative Forces
• Potential Energy
• Total Mechanical Energy and its Conservation
• The Law of Energy Conservation
• Dissipative Forces
• Potential Energy for Gravitational Forces
• Power

  Chapter 9: Linear Momentum and Collisions

• Momentum and Force
• The Law of Momentum Conservation
• Collisions and Impulse
• Energy-Momentum Conservation in Collisions
• Elastic Collisions in 1-D
• Inelastic Collisions
• Collisions in 2-D and 3-D
• Center of Mass and its Motion

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  Chaper 10: Rotational Motion about a Fixed Axis

• Angular Coordinate, Velocity and Acceleration
• Uniformly Accelerated Rotational Motion
• Rolling Motion
• Torque
• Rotational Dynamics and Inertia
• Moments of Inertia
• Angular Momentum and its Conservation
• Rotational Kinetic Energy
• Combined Rotational and Translational Motion

  Chapter 11: General Rotation

• Vector Cross Product and Definition of Torque
• Angular Momentum for a Point Particle
• Angular Momentum and Torque for Particle Systems
• Angular Momentum and Torque for a Rigid Body
• The Law of Angular Momentum Conservation

   Chapter 12: Static Equilibrium, Elasticity and Fracture

• Forces in Equilibrium
• Conditions for Equilibrium
• Stability and Balance
• Elasticity, Stress and Strain
• Fracture

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