Mechanics Notes & Exercises (See also STEP page)

(advanced material is in orange; recently added material is in green)

Exam Board Topics - Mechanics (8 pages; 9/7/21)

Useful Results (4 pages; 9/8/23)

Mechanics - Clarifications (11 pages; 24/4/23)

Centre of Mass - Contents (2 pages; 7/8/17)

Centre of Mass - Part 1 (13 pages; 7/8/17)

Centre of Mass - Part 2 (12 pages; 7/8/17)

Centre of Mass Exs 1 2 3 4 5 6

Collisions: see Impulse & Momentum

Circular Motion [Important Ideas] (2 pages; 25/10/20)

Circular Motion - Constant Speed (9 pages; 25/10/20)

Circular Motion - Variable Speed (13 pages; 30/9/15)

Circular Motion Exs 1 2

Energy: See Work & Energy

Forces

Forces [Important Ideas] (18 pages; 14/1/21)

Equilibrium [Important Ideas] (12 pages; 21/7/23)

Frameworks (9 pages; 25/3/21)

Bending moment & shearing force (5 pages; 25/3/21)

Fictitious forces (5 pages; 25/10/20) 

Systems of forces (5 pages; 14/11/18)

Toppling (2 pages; 13/11/20) 

Hooke's Law (9 pages; 10/3/21)

Hooke's Law Exs 1 2 3 4

Forces Exs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   

Friction: see also Forces

Friction Exs 1 2 3 4

Hooke's Law: see Forces

Impulse & Momentum

Collisions - Important Ideas (4 pages; 22/4/21)

Impulse & Momentum (14 pages; 19/2/17)

Collisions - reversal of direction (6 pages; 24/6/20) 

Oblique impacts (4 pages; 23/8/18)

Oblique impact with plane Exs

Impulses & connected particles (13 pages; 28/8/18) 

Impulse & Momentum Exs 1 2 3 4 

Kinematics

Kinematics (7 pages; 7/8/17)

Suvat equations (5 pages; 24/1/17)

Projectiles (11 pages; 10/3/21)

Kinematics Exs 1 2 3

Moments of Inertia: see Rotating Bodies

Oscillations

Differential equations: Oscillations (11 pages; 29/5/20)

Oscillations Exs 1 2 3 4

Projectiles: see Kinematics

Rotating Bodies

Motion of a particle in a rotating frame of reference (27 pages; 29/1/24)

Angular Momentum & Planar Rigid Body Motion (20 pages; 27/11/23)  

Moments of Inertia (7 pages; 1/8/23) 

Rolling wheel - Point on circumference (5 pages; 1/2/21) 

Rolling Wheel - Friction (11 pages; 3/5/23) 

Rotating Bodies Ex 1

suvat equations: see Kinematics

Work & Energy

Work & Energy (4 pages; 21/11/20)

Gravitational Potential Energy (3 pages;15/2/19) 

Work & Energy Exs 1 2 3 4