Physics 206 — Mechanics

Texas A&M University, Spring 2024

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Custom Pre-Lectures

We used to be able to embed our own pre-lecture videos to supplement the commercial ones, but when switching books that no longer became an option. Nevertheless, since they exist, we figure we may as well make them available to you; they are more targeted to this course than the ones in Mastering. You are NOT required to watch these, they are NOT for points. But they may help supplement your instruction on the tougher chapters, particularly Chapter 10. These pre-lectures follow Prof. Melconian's lecture notes very closely.

Chapter 0: Introduction and Math Review (13:57 in total)

  1. Introduction (2:05)
  2. Algebra (2:34)
  3. The quadratic formula (1:15)
  4. Trigonometry (2:36)
  5. Differentiation (2:38)
  6. Integration (2:49)


Chapter 1: Units, Physical Quantities and Vectors (16:38 in total)

  1. Introduction (1:08)
  2. Units (3:24)
  3. Vectors and unit vectors (4:41)
  4. Vector components (1:59)
  5. Vector addition (2:11)
  6. Vector products (3:15)


Chapter 6: Work and kinetic energy (20:22 in total)

  1. Introduction (1:44)
  2. Work (4:31)
  3. Work-energy theorem (2:46)
  4. Work of varying forces (7:21)
  5. Power (2:42)
  6. Summary (1:18)


Chapter 10: Dynamics of Rotational Motion

  Torque and angular acceleration (25:20 in total)
  1. Introduction (1:10)
  2. Torque (3:27)
  3. Torque and Angular Acceleration (4:13)
  4. Example: Teeter-Totter (4:04)
  5. KE of Rotational + Translational Motion (5:33)
  6. Dynamics of Rotational + Translational Motion (4:57)
  7. Work and Power in Rotational Motion (1:56)
  8. Summary of Linear vs Angular Expressions (1:13)
  Conservation of Angular Momentum (11:01 in total)
  1. Angular Momentum (3:36)
  2. Conservation of Angular Momentum (4:50)
  3. Gyroscopes and Precession (2:35)