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AP Physics C: Mechanics
8 sections available · 41 chapters available
Free AP Physics C: Mechanics study notes for AP (Advanced Placement) students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Unit 1: Kinematics
Scalars and Vectors
Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
Representing Motion
Reference Frames and Relative Motion
Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
Unit 2: Force and Translational Dynamics — Systems and Newton's Laws
Systems and Center of Mass
Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
Newton's Third Law
Newton's First Law
Newton's Second Law
Unit 2: Force and Translational Dynamics — Specific Forces and Circular Motion
Gravitational Force
Kinetic and Static Friction
Spring Forces
Resistive Forces
Circular Motion
Unit 3: Work, Energy, and Power
Translational Kinetic Energy
Work
Potential Energy
Conservation of Energy
Power
Unit 4: Linear Momentum
Linear Momentum
Change in Momentum and Impulse
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Unit 5: Torque and Rotational Dynamics
Rotational Kinematics
Connecting Linear and Rotational Motion
Torque
Rotational Inertia
Rotational Equilibrium and Newton's First Law in Rotational Form
Newton's Second Law in Rotational Form
Unit 6: Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems
Rotational Kinetic Energy
Torque and Work
Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Rolling
Motion of Orbiting Satellites
Unit 7: Oscillations
Defining Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
Frequency and Period of SHM
Representing and Analyzing SHM
Energy of Simple Harmonic Oscillators
Simple and Physical Pendulums
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