1. Why we introduce the concepts of work and energy? F ma CWE theorem r r total = CWE theorem Conservation of energy (More universal) 2. About the systems that we discuss Ignore the size, internal structure, internal motion, deformations, and thermal effects
Collisions: All around us (cars, buses) Grand astronomical scale (stars, galexies) Nuclear, atomic and molecular physics The impulse-momentum theorem relates the change in the momentum of a system to the total force on it and the time interval during which this total forces acts
All around us: wheels, skaters, ballet, gymnasts, helicopter, rotors, mobile engines, CD disks, … Atomic world: electrons— “spin”, “orbit”. Universe: planets spin and orbiting the sun, galaxies spin, …