Mathematics
Mechanics 2
[ADVANCED HIGHER]
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First published 2002
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ISBN 1 85955 934 4
CONTENTS
1
Introduction
Section 1:
Motion in a horizontal circle with uniform
angular velocity
3
Section 2:
Simple harmonic motion
19
Section 3:
Principles of momentum and impulse
35
Section 4:
Principles of work and power
43
Section 5:
Principles of energy
51
Section 6:
Motion in a straight line, where the solution
of first order differential equations is required
63
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