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Freshman Physics Formula Sheet

This document contains formulas and concepts related to physics topics including: - Vectors in 2D and 3D space, projectile motion, uniform circular motion - Kinematics including velocity, acceleration, displacement - Dynamics concepts like force, torque, momentum, energy, work, power - Oscillatory motion including simple harmonic motion, resonance, damping - Rotational kinematics and dynamics for rigid bodies including angular quantities, momentum, energy, and analogies to linear motion

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Freshman Physics Formula Sheet

This document contains formulas and concepts related to physics topics including: - Vectors in 2D and 3D space, projectile motion, uniform circular motion - Kinematics including velocity, acceleration, displacement - Dynamics concepts like force, torque, momentum, energy, work, power - Oscillatory motion including simple harmonic motion, resonance, damping - Rotational kinematics and dynamics for rigid bodies including angular quantities, momentum, energy, and analogies to linear motion

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PHYS1001: Formula Sheet: Vectors: (3-D) 1-D Motion: Average Velocity and Acceleration:

Instantaneous Velocity and Acceleration:

Scalar (Dot) Product:

Vector (Cross) Product: Constant Acceleration:

Vectors: (2-D)

2-D and 3-D Motion:

Projectile Motion: From (0,0) with

Trajectory:

Range:

Flight Time:

Maximum Height:

Constant Acceleration: (x-y plane)

Uniform Circular Motion:

Angular Speed:

A force is conservative if work done is independent of path.

Period:

Potential Energy:

Frequency:

Relative Motion: Primed frame with displacement unprimed frame: relative to In 1-D:

Hookes Law for an ideal spring:

Work: For SHM, let Power: Then, taking , the kinetic energy is , then

Kinetic Energy: Thus the total energy is

Work Energy Theorem:

Simple Harmonic Motion:

Resonance: Peak Amplitude:

has solution: with .

Full-width at Half-max:

Generic Oscillations:

Gravity: where x0 is stable minimum. Damped Harmonic Motion:

has solution (for

) Impulse of Force:

with Linear Momentum: and .

Driven Harmonic Motion:

has steady-state solution: where

Impulse-Momentum Theorem:

1-D Elastic 2 Body Collisions:

and

Centre of Mass:

System of Particles:

where is the angular momentum in the centre of mass frame. Rigid Body Rotations (Fixed Axis):

Momentum:

N2:

Kinetic Energy:

Kinetic Energy of Rotation: Here, frame: Torque: , is the K.E. in centre of mass . with N2 for Rotation: Angular Momentum: about axis of rotation. N2 for Rotational Motion: Angular Momentum: .

about axis of rotation.

KE in terms of Angular Momentum:

Analogies Between Linear and rotational Motion Linear Motion Rotational Motion Differential: Differential: Velocity: Angular Velocity:

Total KE for Rigid Body:

Acceleration: Work-Energy Theorem for Rigid Rotations: Momentum: Force:

Angular Acceleration:

Angular Momentum: Torque:

Precession of a Spinning Top: The torque due to gravity is

Impulse: Kinetic Energy:

Angular Impulse: Kinetic Energy:

Work: Since Power: then after a short time

Work:

Power:

The new angular momentum makes an angle

with the original direction. When the central axis of the spinning top rotates with the pivot point fixed, we say that the axis precesses. The angular velocity of the precession of the angular velocity vector is then

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