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