Physics 1135 (Engineering Physics I)

Lecture 5: Newton's First and Second Laws

Objectives: In this lecture, students will learn to
  • formulate Newton's 1st and 2nd laws
  • identify forces and draw free-body diagrams
  • explain the meaning of the term inertia
  • develop a problem solving procedure for force problems
  • apply Newton's 2nd law to example problems
Lecture Notes: Videos:

Newton's 1st and 2nd Law lec05_2.mp4 with captions
Weight lec05_3.mp4 with captions
Inertial and non-inertial reference frames lec05_4.mp4 with captions
Example problem lec05_5.mp4 with captions

Homework assignment: HW #5