NTL – Mechanics 1

1. MEASURING PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
1.1 Measuring length by means of measuring tape and caliper
1.2 Volume of solid and liquid materials
1.2.1 Volume of gases
1.3 Time measurement
1.4 Mass and units of mass
1.5 Density of solid bodies
1.6 Density of liquids
1.6.1 Determination of densities of liquids (U-tube method)
2. FORCES
2.1 Force of weight
2.2 Force measuring
2.3 Elongation of a coil spring – Hooke’s Law
2.4 Direction of force and point of impact
2.5 Composition of forces – parallelogram of forces
2.5.1 Composition of three forces
2.6 Inclined plane
2.7 Decomposition of forces on an inclined plane
2.8 Frictional force
2.8.1 Determination of the coefficient of friction