Physics - Mechanics

Dimensional Analysis

What you'll learn
Understand what the definition of fundamental Physical quantities and what they are
Know the difference between derived quantities and fundamental Physical quantities
Prove the dimensional consistency of equations (Worked examples)
Know how to derive equations using dimensional analysis (Worked examples)
Know how to find the dimensions of constants in an equation (Worked examples)
Requirements
Basic Knowledge on the SI Units of Physical Quantities like Mass, time, length, density, area, etcits
Basic algebra (application of the laws of indices)
Description
Dimensional Analysis is one of the easiest topics in Physics. This is ideal for people doing Advanced Level Physics, AP Physics, IB Physics, UNEB, ZIMSEC, and any other curriculum where Dimensional analysis is listed as a topic to cover under Mechanics.In this course, I get to prove to you just how easy dimensional Analysis is as a topic in Physics. I start from the very basics and build on to complex problems. At the end of the course, you will be able to solve ANY and I mean ANY dimensional analysis problem. Dimensional Analysis simply involves relating Physical quantities to the Fundamental Physical quantities (such as mass, length, or time). This is the foundational concept as I take you through all the worked examples throughout the course. Throughout the course, you will Learn;1. An overview of what dimensional Analysis is.2. The difference between the fundamental quantities and the derived quantities3. How to show or prove that an equation is dimensionally consistent4. How to derive an equation using dimensional analysis5. How to determine the dimensions of a constant. The above concepts are well explained with easy-to-follow worked examples.Feel free to Let me Know which Physics topics you would like me to cover. Enjoy!

Overview

Section 1: DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 How to find the dimensions of a physical quantity

Lecture 3 Using Dimensional Analysis to prove the dimensional consistency of equations

Lecture 4 Checking for Dimensional Consistency of equations Worked example

Lecture 5 Checking dimensional consistency of an equation worked example answered

Lecture 6 Using dimensional analysis to derive equations

Lecture 7 Deriving equations Using dimensional analysis - Worked example

Lecture 8 Using the relationship between quantities to derive equations - Dimensions

Lecture 9 Finding the dimensions of Constants using dimensional analysis

Lecture 10 Finding the dimensions of constants in an equation - Dimensional analysis

Physics students doing A levels,AP Physics,IB, UNEB or any other curriculum that involves the study of Dimensional analysis as a topic under mechanics - Physics.