XSeries Program in Introductory Mechanics – Offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology – [edX]

You have reached the final course on the list of recommendations for mechanical engineers. You learn Physics in these mechanical engineering courses in the same way as a Massachusetts Institute of Technology freshman would. In Introductory Mechanics X-Series, study physics the same way a first-year Massachusetts Institute of Technology student would. This collection of lessons walks you through every subject covered in the first semester of Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics. In the first module, you examine the fundamental kinematic description of motion, the forces that generate motion, and more advanced topics like the tension in a large rope and a rocket whose mass varies over time. Then you discover how to represent the same physics using energy (kinetic, potential).

The series concludes with a mathematical description of simple harmonic motion and uses that to approximate the simple pendulum and other situations where you can approximate the potential function as a quadratic. After that, you delve into more complex topics like angular momentum, torque, and rotational dynamics. Calculus is necessary for this series of courses, however many of the ideas are repeated as needed.

A few topics that you can expect to learn in this edX mechanical engineering course are:

• Simple Harmonic Motion
• Torque and Rotational Dynamics
• Forces and Free Body Diagrams
• Energy utilization over forces to describe Physics
• Basics of motion
• Circular Motion
• Causes of motion
• Fundamentals of Kinematics
• Complex motion concepts, such as tension in a massive rope or rocket whose mass depends on the time
• Understanding of the angular momentum, torque, and rotational dynamics

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Offered by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Instructor: Seven Experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paid: Optional
Certification: Only in the paid version
Return or refund policy: 14 days from the date of payment
Cons: Both free and paid versions are available for this one of the best online mechanical courses. However, only in the paid version can you get graded assignments and certification.

Enroll here: edx.org/xseries/mitx-introductory-mechanics