SYBSC - PAPER I - UNIT 2 SYLLABUS

Shekhar Deodhar
March 21, 2017

1. Revision of Newtons laws of motion for a particle1 (about half an hour probably
would be required for this.)

(a) Discussion of Inertial Frames.(First law being a definition of inertial frames

and NOT a law2 should be emphasized3 )
(b) Third law weak and strong form.

2. Definition of total

p~i ] 4
P
(a) momentum [~p
h i
~
(b) angular momentum l (~
P
ri p~i ) )
h P1 P pi i
2
(c) kinetic energy K mv =
2 i i 2mi

of a body56 .
P
3. Definition of the total mass of a body[m h mi ] andi the position vector
P
of the Center of Mass (CM) of a body ~rcm Pmmi ri i and the proof of the
expressions for the Center of Mass
.
(a) velocity ~vcm ~rcm .
..
(b) acceleration ~acm ~rcm ..
(c) momentum. p~cm m~vcm
(d) angular momentum. ~lcm ~rcm p~cm
~2cm
p
(e) kinetic energy. Kcm = 12 m~vvm
2
= 2m

4. Proof that
1
particle means point particle.
2
as understood by physicists today.
3
Also why it is meaningless to derive the first law from the second law (by putting F~ = 0 in Newtons
second law) should be emphasized.
4
all sums go from 1 to n.
5
body is defined to comprise of n discrete particles.
6
note that we have not defined the total velocity and acceleration of the body.

1
 (a) momentum of CM = total momentum of body.
(b) angular momentum of CM = total angular momentum of body.
(c) kinetic energy of CM = total kinetic energy of body.

5. Derivation7 of Newtons second law for

(a) a body Translational dynamics8 .

(b) a particle Rotational dynamics.
(c) a body Rotational dynamics9 .

6. Transformations of

(a) velocity.
(b) acceleration.
(c) momentum.
(d) Angular Momentum.
(e) Kinetic Energy.
~ where ~r 0 and ~r are position vectors of a particle in two distinct
under ~r 0 = ~r R
frames10 .

7. Expressions for items in (6) when one frame is the center of mass frame.

7
Point out that even though this is being called a law it is derived and hence does not deserve to
be called so.
8
point out that Newton third law weak form has to be used.
9
point out that Newton third law strong form has to be used.
10
all vectors, in general, are functions of the time t.