8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics
8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics (Fall 1999, MIT OCW). This consists of 35 video lectures given by Professor Walter Lewin, dealing with Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory. In addition to the basic concepts of Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory, a variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Binary Stars, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Resonance Phenomena, Musical Instruments, Stellar Collapse, Supernovae, Astronomical observations from very high flying balloons (lecture 35), and the intriguing Quantum World.
| Lecture 01 - Powers of 10, Units, Dimensions, Uncertainties, Scaling Arguments |
| Lecture 02 - 1D Kinematics - Speed, Velocity, Acceleration |
| Lecture 03 - Vectors: Dot Products, Cross Products |
| Lecture 04 - The Motion of Projectiles (3D Kinematics, Free Falling Reference Frames) |
| Lecture 05 - Circular Motion, Centripetal Forces, Perceived Gravity |
| Lecture 06 - Newton's Laws |
| Lecture 07 - Weight, Weightlessness in Free Fall, Weight in Orbit |
| Lecture 08 - Frictional Forces |
| Lecture 09 - Review of Lectures 1 through 5 |
| Lecture 10 - Hooke's Law, Simple Harmonic Oscillator |
| Lecture 11 - Work, Energy, and Universal Gravitation |
| Lecture 12 - Air Drag, Resistive Forces, Conservative Forces, Terminal Velocity |
| Lecture 13 - Equation of Motion for Simple Harmonic Oscillators |
| Lecture 14 - Orbits and Escape Velocity |
| Lecture 15 - Momentum, Conservation of Momentum, Center of Mass |
| Lecture 16 - Elastic and Inelastic Collisions |
| Lecture 17 - Momentum of Individual Objects, Rocket Equation |
| Lecture 18 - Review of Lectures 6 through 15 |
| Lecture 19 - Rotating Rigid Bodies, Inertia, and Axis Theorems |
| Lecture 20 - Angular Momentum, Torques, Conservation of Angular Momentum |
| Lecture 21 - Torques, Oscillating Bodies, Physical Pendulums |
| Lecture 22 - Kepler's Laws, Elliptical Orbits, and Change of Orbits |
| Lecture 23 - Doppler Effect, Binary Stars, Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
| Lecture 24 - Rolling Motion, Gyroscopes |
| Lecture 25 - Static Equilibrium, Stability, Rope Walker |
| Lecture 26 - Elasticity and Young's Modulus |
| Lecture 27 - Fluid Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pascal's Principle, Atmospheric Pressure |
| Lecture 28 - Hydrostatics, Archimedes' Principle, and Bernoulli's Equation |
| Lecture 29 - Review of Lectures 16 through 24 |
| Lecture 30 - Simple Harmonic Oscillations of Suspended Solid Bodies |
| Lecture 31 - Forced Oscillations, Normal Modes, Resonances, Musical Instruments |
| Lecture 32 - Heat, Thermal Expansion |
| Lecture 33 - Kinetic Gas Theory, Ideal Gas Law, Phase Transitions |
| Lecture 34 - The Wonderful Quantum World, Breakdown of Classical Mechanics |
| Lecture 35 - Farewell Special - High-energy Astrophysics |
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Physics 8.01: Classical Mechanics
8.01 Course Notes. A set of core concepts: space, time, mass, force, momentum, torque, and angular momentum, were introduced in Newtonian Mechanics.
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MIT 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics
Instructor: Walter Lewin. Course Introduction. Powers of Ten - Units - Dimensions - Measurements - Uncertainties - Dimensional Analysis - Scaling Arguments. 1D Kinematics - Speed - Velocity - Acceleration. ...
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