01 Physical World

10 Topics

1.01 What is Physics?

1.02 Scientific Method

1.03 Scope of Physics

1.04 Excitement of Physics

1.05 What lies behind the phenomenal progress of Physics

1.06 Physics, Technology and Society

1.07 Fundamental Forces in Nature – I

1.08 Fundamental Forces in Nature – II

1.09 Towards Unification of Forces

1.10 Nature of Physical Laws

02 Units and Measurement

20 Topics

2.01 Units and Measurement

2.02 The International System of Units

2.03 Measurement of Length

2.04 Measurement of Large Distances: Parallax Method

2.05 Measurement of Small Distances: Size of Molecules

2.06 Measurement of Mass

2.07 Measurement of Time

2.08 Accuracy and Precision of Instruments

2.09 Errors in Measurement

2.10 Absolute Error, Relative Error and Percentage Error: Concept

2.11 Absolute Error, Relative Error and Percentage Error: Numerical

2.12 Combination of Errors: Error of a sum or difference

2.13 Combination of Errors: Error of a product or quotient

2.14 Significant Figures – I

2.15 Rules for Arithmetic Operations with Significant Figures

2.16 Rounding off the Uncertain Digits

2.17 Rules for Determining the Uncertainty in the result of Arithmetic Calculations

2.18 Dimensions of Physical Quantities

2.19 Dimensional Analysis

2.20 Applications of Dimensional Analysis

03 Motion in a Straight Line

18 Topics

3.01 Motion in a Straight Line

3.03 Path Length and Displacement

3.04 Position Time Graph

3.05 Average Velocity and Average Speed

3.06 Numerical’s on Average Velocity and Average Speed

3.07 Instantaneous Velocity and Speed

3.08 Acceleration

3.09 Equation of Motion for constant acceleration: v=v0+at

3.10 Numericals based on v=v0+at

3.11 Equation of Motion for constant acceleration: x = v0t + ½ at2

3.12 Numericals based on x =v0t + ½ at2

3.13 Equation of motion for constant acceleration:v2= v02+2ax

3.14 Numericals based on Third Kinematic equation of motion v2= v02+2ax

3.15 Derivation of Equation of motion with the method of calculus

3.16 Applications of Kinematic Equations for uniformly accelerated motion

3.17 Relative Velocity

3.18 Numericals on Relative Velocity

04 Motion in a Plane

24 Topics

4.01 Scalars and Vectors – I

4.02 Scalars and Vectors – II

4.03 Multiplication of Vectors by Real Numbers

4.04 Addition and Subtraction of Vectors – Graphical Method

4.05 Resolution of Vectors -I

4.06 Resolution of Vectors – II

4.07 Examples on Resolution of Vectors

4.08 Vector Addition – Analytical Method

4.09 Numericals on Analytical Method of Vector Addition

4.10 Addition of vectors in terms of magnitude and angle θ

4.11 Numericals on Addition of vectors in terms of magnitude and angle θ

4.12 Motion in a Plane – Position Vector and Displacement

4.13 Motion in a Plane – Velocity

4.14 Motion in a Plane – Acceleration

4.15 Motion in a Plane with Constant Acceleration

4.16 Motion in a Plane with Constant Acceleration: Numericals

4.17 Relative Velocity in Two Dimensions

4.18 Projectile Motion: Horizontal Motion, Vertical Motion, and Velocity

4.19 Projectile Motion: Equation of Path of a Projectile

4.20 Projectile Motion: tm , Tf and their Relation

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05 Laws of Motion

20 Topics

5.01 Laws of Motion: Aristotle’s Fallacy

5.02 The Law of Inertia

5.03 Newton’s First Law of Motion

5.04 Newton’s Second Law of Motion – I

5.05 Newton’s Second Law of Motion – II

5.06 Newton’s Second Law of Motion: Numericals

5.07 Newton’s Third Law of Motion

5.08 Numericals on Newton’s Third Law of Motion

5.09 Law of Conservation of Momentum

5.10 Equilibrium of a Particle

5.11 Equilibrium of a Particle: Numericals

5.12 Common Forces in Mechanics

5.13 Friction: Static Friction

5.14 Friction: Kinetic Friction

5.15 Friction: Rolling Friction

5.16 Circular Motion: Motion of Car on Level Road

5.17 Circular Motion: Motion of a Car on Level Road – Numericals

5.18 Circular Motion: Motion of a Car on Banked Road

5.19 Circular Motion: Motion of a Car on Banked Road – Numerical

5.20 Solving Problems in Mechanics

06 Work Energy and Power

23 Topics

6.01 The Scalar Product – Introduction

6.02 The Scalar Product – Properties

6.03 The Scalar Product – Numericals

6.04 The Work-Energy Theorem

6.06 Work: Numericals

6.07 Kinetic Energy

6.08 Work Done by Variable Force

6.09 Work Energy Theorem For a Variable Force

6.10 The Concept of Potential Energy – I

6.11 The Concept of Potential Energy – II

6.12 Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces

6.13 Conservation of Mechanical Energy

6.14 Conservation of Mechanical Energy: Example

6.15 The Spring Force

6.16 Potential Energy of Spring

6.17 Potential Energy of Spring: Numericals

6.18 Various Forms of Energy: Law of Conservation of Energy

6.20 Collisions: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

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07 System of Particles and Rotational Motion

29 Topics

7.01 Motion of a Rigid Body

7.02 Centre of Mass

7.03 Centre of Mass: Examples

7.04 Motion of Centre of Mass

7.05 Linear Momentum of a System of Particles

7.06 Cross Product or Vector Product of Two Vectors

7.07 Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration – I

7.08 Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration – II

7.09 Angular Velocity: Numericals

7.10 Moment of Force (Torque)

7.11 Angular Momentum of a Particle

7.12 Relationship between moment of a force ‘?’ and angular momentum ‘l’

7.13 Moment of Force and Angular Momentum: Numericals

7.14 Equilibrium of a Rigid Body

7.15 Equilibrium of a Rigid Body – Numericals

7.16 Principle of moments

7.17 Centre of Gravity

7.18 Moment of Inertia

7.19 Moment of Inertia for some regular shaped bodies

7.20 Radius of Gyration

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15 Topics

8.01 Historical Introduction of Gravitation

8.02 Kepler’s Laws

8.03 Universal Law of Gravitation

8.04 The Gravitational Constant

8.05 Numericals on Universal Law of Gravitation

8.06 Acceleration due to Gravity on the surface of Earth

8.07 Acceleration due to gravity above the Earth’s surface

8.08 Acceleration due to gravity below the Earth’s surface

8.09 Acceleration due to gravity: Numericals

8.10 Gravitational Potential Energy

8.11 Escape Velocity

8.12 Earth Satellites

8.13 Energy of An Orbiting Satellite

8.14 Geostationary and Polar Satellites

8.15 Weightlessness

09 Mechanical Properties of Solids

11 Topics

9.01 Mechanical Properties of Solids: An Introduction

9.02 Elastic Behaviour of Solids

9.03 Stress and Strain

9.04 Stress and Strain: Numericals

9.05 Hooke’s Law and Young’s Modulus

9.06 Stress-Strain Curve

9.07 Elastic Moduli: Young’s Modulus

9.08 Determination of Young’s Modulus of Material

9.09 Elastic Moduli: Shear Modulus

9.10 Elastic Moduli: Bulk Modulus

9.11 Applications of Elastic Behaviour of Materials

10 Mechanical Properties of Fluids

26 Topics

10.21 Surface Energy and Surface Tension

10.22 Surface Tension: Angle of Contact

10.23 Excess Pressure in Soap Bubble

10.24 Capillary Rise

10.25 Detergents and Surface Tension

10.26 Surface Tension: Numericals

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11 Thermal Properties of Matter

21 Topics

Temperature and Heat

14.02 Measurement of Temperature

11.03 Ideal-Gas Equation and Absolute Temperature

11.04 Thermal Expansion – I

11.05 Thermal Expansion – II

11.06 Ideal Gas Equation: Numericals

11.07 Specific Heat Capacity

11.08 Specific Heat Capacity: Numericals

11.09 Calorimetry

11.10 Change of State: Solid to Liquid

11.11 Change of State: Liquid to Gas

11.12 Triple Point

11.13 Latent Heat

11.14 Change of State: Numericals

11.15 Heat Transfer: Conduction

11.16 Heat Transfer: Convection

11.17 Heat Transfer: Radiation

11.18 Heat Transfer: Numericals

11.19 Newton’s Law of Cooling – I

11.20 Newton’s Law of Cooling – II

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12 Thermodynamics

20 Topics

12.01 Thermodynamics: Introduction

12.02 Thermal Equilibrium

12.03 Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics

12.04 Heat, Internal Energy and Work

12.05 First Law of Thermodynamics

12.06 Specific Heat Capacity

12.07 Specific Heat Capacity of Water

12.08 Thermodynamic State Variables and Equation of State

12.09 Thermodynamic Processes: Quasi-Static Process

12.10 Thermodynamic Processes: Isothermal Process

12.11 Thermodynamic Processes: Adiabatic Process – I

12.12 Thermodynamic Processes: Adiabatic Process – II

12.13 Thermodynamic Processes: Isochoric, Isobaric and Cyclic Processes

12.14 Heat Engines

12.15 Refrigerators and Heat Pumps

12.16 Second Law of Thermodynamics

12.17 Reversible and Irreversible Process

12.18 Carnot Engine: Concept of Carnot Cycle

12.19 Carnot Engine: Work done and Efficiency

12.20 Carnot Engine: Carnot Theorem

13 Kinetic Theory

17 Topics

13.01 Kinetic Theory of Gases: Introduction

13.02 Assumptions of Kinetic Theory of Gases

13.03 Behaviour of Gases – I

13.04 Behaviour of Gases- II

13.05 Behaviour of Gases- III

13.06 Behaviour of Gases: Examples

13.07 Kinetic Theory of an Ideal Gas: Pressure of an Ideal Gas

13.08 Kinetic Interpretation of Temperature

13.09 Mean Velocity, Mean square velocity and R.M.S. Velocity

13.10 Kinetic Interpretation of Temperature: Numericals

13.11 Degrees of Freedom

13.12 Law of Equipartition of Energy

13.13 Specific Heat Capacity of Monatomic gas

13.14 Specific Heat Capacity of Diatomic gas

13.15 Specific Heat Capacity of Polyatomic gas

13.16 Specific heat capacities of Solids and Liquids

13.17 Mean Free Path

14 Oscillations

18 Topics

14.01 Introduction to Oscillatory Motion

14.02 Periodic and Oscillatory Motion

14.03 Period and Frequency of Oscillation

14.04 Displacement in Oscillatory Motion

14.05 Simple Harmonic Motion

14.06 Terms Related to Simple Harmonic Motion

14.07 Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion

14.08 Velocity and Acceleration in Simple Harmonic Motion

14.09 Force Law for Simple Harmonic Motion

14.10 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion – I

14.11 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion – II

14.12 Oscillation due to Spring

14.13 The Simple Pendulum

14.14 Angular acceleration, Angular frequency and Time period of Simple Pendulum

14.15 Damped Simple Harmonic Motion

14.16 Forced Oscillations and Resonance – I

14.17 Forced Oscillations and Resonance – II

14.18 Simple Harmonic Motion: Numericals

24 Topics

15.01 What are Waves?

15.02 Importance of Waves

15.03 Types of Waves

15.04 Characteristics of Wave Motion

15.05 Transverse Waves

15.06 Longitudinal Waves

15.07 Displacement Equation of Progressive Wave

15.08 Important terms in wave motion -I

15.09 Important terms in wave motion -II

15.10 Equation of a progressive wave: Numerical

15.11 The Speed of the Travelling Wave

15.12 The Speed of a Transverse Wave

15.13 The Speed of a Longitudinal Wave

15.14 Comparison of speed of waves in Solid, Liquid and Gases

15.15 The Principle of Superposition of Waves

15.16 Interference

15.17 Reflection of Waves

15.18 Standing Waves or Stationary Waves

15.19 Normal Modes of Standing Waves – I

15.20 Normal Modes of Standing Waves – II

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