Competence — Decompose a vector into its Cartesian components.
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Linked atoms
28 linked atoms.
00 Physical quantities, estimates, equilibrium
- Worked example — The gorilla pulls a crate
- Worked example — Imola-Lugo route
- Worked example — Ball between two parallel springs
- Worked example — Ladder leaning against a smooth wall
- Worked example — System with two masses and a pulley
- Force as a vector
- Problem — Picture frame with two wires
- Problem — Resultant of two forces
- Vectors: operations and components
01 Kinematics
- Footballer: range and maximum height
- Worked example — Range of a projectile
- The three-point shot
- Vector notation by components
- Trigonometry review
02 Forces and Newton’s laws
- Minimum force to move a block
- Conical pendulum
- Pendulum in a braking train
- Problem — Pendulum on an accelerating vehicle
- Problem — Surfer on the wave
03 Inclined plane and circular motion
- Banking angle of the curve
- Banked curves
- Derivation of centripetal acceleration
- Worked example — Banked curve without friction
- Problem — The skater on the half-pipe
- Problem — Magnitude versus vector
- Problem — Conical pendulum
- Problem — Speed of a conical pendulum