This page contains lecture videos for PHYC 4A that have been specifically recorded as part of the comprehensive 4-series lecture video project. A completed version of the PHYC 4A outline, cobbled together from this outline and PHYC 2A videos, can be found as part of the comprehensive PHYC 4-series lectures.
The html source for this outline can be downloaded by following the links below (you may need to rename the file to ".htm" to get it to work on your computer):
In addition, lecture notes for conservation of momentum/energy are available below. these lecture notes will be removed once the videos based on them have been recorded and posted (recording is currently in progress).
Classical Mechanics (project) (70:30:52)
How physics relates to other fields of study (50:36)
Units (1:45:16)
Vectors (10:19:06)
Basic properties (2:47:33)
Products of vectors (2:09:08)
The dot product: definition and basic properties (13:18)
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Parallel and perpendicular components (11:45)
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The cross product: definition and basic properties (21:26)
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Example: evaluating the cross product (7:03)
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Geometric tricks: law of cosines and law of sines (13:33)
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Geometric tricks: angle between vectors (10:02)
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Geometric tricks: areas and volumes (12:54)
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Triple product identities: derivation 1 (10:04)
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Triple product identities: derivation 2 (19:55)
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Alternative coordinate systems (2:11:41)
Length of day (an application of spherical coordinates) (3:10:44)
Kinematics in one dimension (6:51:39)
Basic definitions (1:21:26)
Representations of motion (1:43:44)
Constant acceleration (1:27:06)
Vertical free-fall (2:00:23)
Quantity vs. change in quantity vs. average quantity (19:00)
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Kinematics in two and three dimensions (6:45:36)
Basic relationships (2:46:30)
Position in two and three dimensions (10:25)
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Redefining other kinematic variables in two and three dimensions (11:42)
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Example (19:05)
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Acceleration vs velocity: speeding up, slowing down, changing direction (1:45:18)
Projectile motion (1:32:37)
Uniform circular motion (54:40)
Relative motion (1:31:49)
Forces and Newton's laws (28:42:04)
Newton's laws (1:10:15)
Force laws (1:56:01)
Force problems (3:58:39)
Hanging block (27:27)
Block on floor (angled push) (56:09)
Two horizontal forces on block (2-D example) revisited (23:38)
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Block pushed against vertical wall (21:32)
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Block on incline plane (1:14:55)
Static friction between tires and road for accelerating car (26:52)
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Multiple objects (5:09:07)
Sliding block connected to hanging block (1:22:43)
Stacked blocks, horizontal force on top block (1:27:30)
Block sliding down a movable incline (1:44:08)
Circular motion (3:04:34)
Block on a string (31:47)
Car rounding a bend (1:11:39)
Normal force on curved surfaces (49:08)
Non-inertial reference frames (1:58:07)
Real world examples (58:14)
Force problems in non-inertial reference frames (46:45)
Position and velocity dependent forces (7:38:04)
Spring force (53:22)
Inverse square forces (1:01:13)
Drag (fluid resistance) forces (2:22:43)
Terminal velocity (50:24)
Model discussion (1:12:51)
General solution methods (2:50:39)
Newton's second law as a differential equation (20:11)
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Fall from rest: linear air resistance (23:12)
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Separation of variables for math purists (9:47)
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Fall from rest: quadratic air resistance (8:41)
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Other situations involving air resistance (9:56)
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Spring-mass oscillations (spreadsheet) (32:40)
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2-D kinetic friction example revisited (spreadsheet) (25:05)
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Dimensional analysis (3:47:17)
Systems of particles (8:39:43)
Center of mass (4:16:12)
Continuous distributions (3:38:47)
Example: 2-D non-uniform rectangle (22:04)
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Example: 2-D uniform triangle (16:37)
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General parameterizations (2:30:41)
1-D curves: parameterization and line element (13:51)
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3-D region: parameterization and volume element (12:13)
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Example: uniform semi-circular rod (14:07)
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Example: uniform semi-circular disk (16:56)
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Example: uniform hemi-spherical surface (13:13)
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Example: uniform hemi-spherical volume (10:00)
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Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems (13:15)
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Example: uniform triangle (22:53)
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Newton's second law for systems (1:57:03)
Two object systems (1:42:31)
Newton's third law and indirect interactions (34:16)
Conservation laws (2:02:21)
Conservation of momentum (4:34:31)
Impulse-momentum theorem (39:37)
Two-body collisions (58:58)
Collisions in the center-of-mass reference frame (2:52:19)
Collisions viewed in the center of mass frame (8:30)
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Examples 1 and 2 in the center of mass frame (8:06)
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Examples 3 and 4 in the center of mass frame (13:04)
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Parameter values for example collisions (10:39)
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The angle of incidence and coefficient of restitution (21:47)
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Conversion between parameter sets (14:56)
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Measuring the coefficient of restitution (26:45)
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