Power
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Video Clips
RealVideo®Definition, including P = F*v; example of power for bicycle at two speeds.
Lecture Notes
PDF - 1.6 MB#Definitions of power, average power, and instantaneous power; power in terms of force (P=F*v) with examples; energy in terms of power (E = P*t); forms of energy.
PDF#Definitions, including average and instantaneous power; power in terms of force (P= F*v) with examples; energy in terms of power (E= P*t); forms of energy.
PDFPower defined, with equation (P = F*v); impulse defined; center of mass defined; velocity and momentum of center of mass.
PDFDefinition of work-kinetic energy theorem (Kf = Ki + Wf,i); work done by non-constant force; work done along an arbitrary path; line integrals; definition of average power; definition of instantaneous power.
PDFClass problems.
Practice Problems
PDFCalculating the stall torque and torque at maximum power of a motor.
PDFComputing the work done and calories burned by a cyclist.
Exam Questions
PDF#Maximal speed on road with linear resistive force; maximal speed up a slope. Solutions are included after problems.
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