MechanicsLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

The student will be able to
- use equations of quantities and perform simple mechanics unit conversions
- define quantities in kinematics
- describe the motion of a body computationally and graphically by using kinematic quantities
- understand the concept of force and to list and describe types of forces
- draw a force diagram of a body
- present Newton’s laws
- model the dynamics of a body with the help of Newton’s laws
- understand the concept of energy
- define work, kinetic and potential energy and power
- present the energy conservation law and the energy principle of mechanics
- model energy conversion and transfer

Content

- Equations of quantities and mechanics unit conversions
- Kinematics: position, transfer, velocity and acceleration
- Dynamics: the concept of force, types of forces, force diagram and Newton’s laws
- Energy: the concept of energy, the energy conservation law, work, mechanical energy, the energy principle of mechanics, power

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to
- work with basic physical equations and perform simple mechanics unit conversions
- describe uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion
- draw a force diagram of a body
- model the dynamics of a body subject to parallel forces
- describe the concepts of energy and power

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to
- work with physical equations and perform mechanics unit conversions
- describe rectilinear motion computationally and graphically
- draw the force diagrams of a many-body system
- model the dynamics of a body
- model energy conversion and transfer in simple systems

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to
- work with physical equations and perform mechanics unit conversions
- describe rectilinear motion computationally and graphically and identify the components of multidimensional motion
- draw the force diagrams of a many-body system
- model the dynamics of a many-body system
- model multi-stage energy conversion and transfer