Chapter 9

Definition of angular
kinematic quantities;
angular kinematics
Rotational inertia,
rotational energy,
rolling

Chapter
10

Torque and
equilibrium
Angular momentum

Chapter 11 Stress, strain, Hookes

law; simple harmonic
motion, mass and
spring system and the
pendulum

Chapter
12 section
1-5

Waves

1. Please refer to page 9 of the slides of chapter 9 to study

the key quantities and equations in angular kinematics.
2. Definition of moment of inertia: how to calculate moment
of inertia given a set of particles rotating about an axis,
how to calculate moment of inertia given a uniform object
with a symmetrical shape (the table on page 19 of the
slides will be provided in the exam).
3. How to calculate rotational kinetic energy of an object.
1. How to calculate torque
2. What is the condition for rotational equilibrium?
3. How to apply Newtons second law in rotation (torque
and angular acceleration)
4. Definition of angular momentum, right hand law to
identify the direction of angular momentum and other
angular quantities.
1. Definitions of different moduli. How to apply Hookes
laws to calculate force and/or deformation using these
moduli.
2. Condition for simple harmonic motion (restoring force
proportional to displacement)
3. Kinetic energy and elastic potential energy in the massspring system. How to calculate the energy, and how are
they transforming one to the other when total energy is
conserved.
4. How to calculate angular frequency, period, and frequency
of a mass-spring system, and of a simple pendulum
system.
5. How to write the motion equation of a simple harmonic
oscillation given amplitude, frequency/period, angular
frequency etc.
6. How to read key quantities (amplitude,
frequency/period/angular frequency) of a plot of a simple
harmonic oscillation, and write out the equation of the
oscillation.
1. Types of waves
2. How to calculate speed of wave given wave length and
frequency, how to calculate speed of wave on a string
under tension
3. Basic wave equation, how to get key quantities from the
equation and/or graph of a wave (amplitude, wave length,
period/frequency/angular frequency)
4. Types of interference (constructive, destructive)