TheBig50RevisionGuidelinesM1 OPHS

TheBig50RevisionGuidelinesforM1
Ifyoucanunderstandalloftheseyoulldoverywell
1. UnderstandwhatismeantbyaModelinMechanics,andwhyallreallifesystemshavetobe modelledinordertobeanalysedtheoretically 2. KnowhoweverydayobjectsaremodelledasParticle,Lamina,RigidBody,Rod(Light,Uniform,Non uniform),String(Light,Inextensible),Pulley(Light,Smooth),Surface(Rough,Smooth),Bead,Wire andPegandthecorrespondingassumptionsthatgowitheachofthese 3. KnowthedifferencebetweenaVectorandaScalarquantity,andbeabletogiveanexampleofeach 4. Understandandusetheideaofavectortorepresentdisplacements,velocities,accelerationsand forcesinaplane 5. Knowthedifferencebetweenspeed(ascalar)andvelocity(avector) 6. Knowthedifferencebetweenmassandweight 7. Knowthedifferencebetweengravitationalaccelerationandgravitationalforce 8. Beabletoexplainwhataforceiswithoutusingthewordforce 9. Beabletoexplainwhattimeiswithoutusingthewordtime 10. Givenavelocityoraccelerationintermsofunitiandjvectors,understandhowtofindits magnitudeanddirection,andviceversa 11. Knowhowtoworkwithiandjcomponentsseparatelyincalculations 12. Knowhowtowritedownstraightawaythepositionvectorattimetofaparticle,givenitsinitial positionvectorandthevelocitywithwhichitismoving 13. UnderstandtheTriangleLawandParallelogramLawforcombiningvectors 14. UnderstandhowtoapplytheSineandCosineRulesforcalculatinganglesbetweenvectors

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15. Knowhowtoresolveanyvector(force,velocity,acceleration)intotwoperpendiculardirections usingsineandcosinerespectively 16. Beabletoquotefrommemoryatleastfivedifferentformulaedescribingmotionunderconstant acceleration,usingthefivevariablesinthemnemonicuvats 17. KnowhowtoconstructandinterprettimegraphsforDisplacement,Velocity/Speedand Acceleration,withparticularunderstandingofwhatcanbedeterminedfromthegradientof,and/or theareaunder,thegraphthusdrawn 18. BeabletoquotefrommemoryNewtonsthreeLawsofMotion 19. Knowhowtocalculatemomentumgiventhemassandvelocityofaparticle 20. BeabletoexplaintheconnectionbetweenImpulse,Force,TimeandMomentum 21. Knowtheconnectionbetweenthegradientofaslopeandthetangentoftheangleitmakeswith thehorizontal 22. Knowhowtocalculateanytwoofsin,cos andtan giventhethird,withoutfindingthevalueof

first
23. Knowhowtosolvequadraticequationsusingavarietyofmethodsbesidestheformula 24. Knowhowtosolvesimultaneousequationsusingavarietyofmethods 25. BeabletoexplaintheconnectionbetweenFrictionForceF,CoefficientofFrictionandReaction ForceR,inparticularbeingabletoexplainthecircumstancesinwhichfrictionincreasestoa maximumvalueandthenstaysatthatvalue 26. Beabletodescribeascenarioinwhichfrictionisactingupaslope,andthenanotherscenarioin whichfrictionisactingdownaslope 27. Understandhowtoreadagivenquestioninordertodeterminethenatureanddirectionoffriction inaquestionusingclueslikeabouttomoveoronthepointofslippingoratrest 28. Understandhowtodrawacompleteforcediagramforaparticleonaslope,inparticularhowto involvefriction,gravityandreactionforcesintothediagram

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29. Understandhowtodrawacompleteforcediagramfortwoconnectedparticlesonasmoothpulley, inparticularhowtoinvolvetensionandgravityforcesintothediagram 30. Understandhowtodrawacompleteforcediagramforaparticleonaslopeconnectedviaapulley toanotherparticlehangingfreely 31. Understandhowtodrawacompleteforcediagramforaloadedhorizontalplankrestingontwo supports,inparticularhowtoinvolvecentreofmass,gravityandreactionforces,andturning moments 32. Understandhowtodrawacompleteforcediagramforaloadedhorizontalplanksuspendedbytwo ropes,inparticularhowtoinvolvecentreofmass,gravityandtensionforces,andturningmoments 33. UnderstandhowtomodelacartravellingatspeeduinwhichthedriverbrakeswithforceFfora durationtinordertobringittorestinadistances,inparticularknowingwhetherornotthemass ofthecarisimportant 34. Beabletodescribecompletely,atallstagesofitsjourney,theadventuresandexperiencesofa particleprojectedverticallyupwardsfromheighthandspeeduattimet=0 35. Beabletodescribecompletely,atallstagesoftheirrespectiveexperiences,thefateoftwoparticles ofmassesMandm,headingtowardseachotherwithspeedsUandurespectively 36. Beabletodescribecompletelythemisfortunesofaparticleatrestonaslopewhichismade steeperandsteeperuntiltheparticlecanstanditnolongerandslidesdownwards 37. Beabletodescribecompletelythedramaofareluctantparticle,initiallyatrestonahorizontal surface,whichisfinallypersuadedtomovebytheactionofasteadilyincreasingforce 38. Knowhowtocalculatethedepthofawellbydroppingastoneintoit 39. Beabletoexplainintermsofforceswhyseatbeltsarenecessaryinanaircraftduringtakeoffand landing,butnotduringtheflight 40. Beabletoexplaintoayoungchildwhyitwouldbeimpossibleinspacetotellwhetheryour spaceshipwastravellingatasteady200mphorwasinfactstationary 41. Knowhowtocalculateyourweightincreaseinaliftacceleratingupwards

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42. Knowhowtocalculatetheinitialvelocityofabulletwhichisfiredverticallytoreachamaximum heightof1000metres,ortocalculatethemaximumheightofabulletfiredverticallyat1000m/s 43. Knowhowtomodelandcalculatethesituationofafootballmovinginagivendirectiontowardsa playerwhokickstheballinagivendirectionwithagivenforceforagivenduration 44. Beabletodemonstratehowalargeadultandasmallchildcanbemadetobalanceonasimplesee saw 45. Beabletoexplainwhybathroomscaleswouldshowanincreaseinweightifapersonstandingon themthrewalargebookupwardsintotheair 46. Beabletoexplainwhyafeatherandahammerreleasedtogetherbyanastronautwouldlandon themoonatthesametime 47. BeabletoexplainhowaNewtonsCradleworks 48. Beabletoexplainhowahorsecantowabarge,orhowTheWorldsStrongestMancanpullan aeroplaneweighing44tons 49. Beabletoexplainwhyabooksuspendedinthemiddleofalongropemakesitimpossibleforthe ropetobeheldperfectlyhorizontally 50. Knowhowawheelbarrowworks,aswellasothertoolssuchasasledgehammer,ascrewdriverand acrowbar,andwhyacounterweightisneededonacrane