Activities

Small Group Activity

10 min.

Velocity and Acceleration in Polar Coordinates

Use geometry to find formulas for velocity and acceleration in polar coordinates.

Found in: Central Forces course(s)

Small Group Activity

10 min.

Angular Momentum in Polar Coordinates

Students learn how to express Angular Momentum as a vector quantity in polar coordinates, and then in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates

Angular momentum velocity polar coordinates curvilinear coordinates vectors cross product spherical coordinates cylindrical coordinates
Found in: Central Forces course(s)

Small Group Activity

120 min.

Projectile with Linear Drag

Students consider projectile motion of an object that experiences drag force that in linear with the velocity. Students consider the horizontal motion and the vertical motion separately. Students solve Newton's 2nd law as a differential equation.

Projectile Motion Drag Forces Newton's 2nd Law Separable Differential Equations
Found in: Theoretical Mechanics course(s) Found in: Drag Force Sequence, Separable ODE's Sequence sequence(s)