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Engineering physics

The option unit for engines and machines: rotation reruns mechanics with angles in place of metres, and thermodynamics settles what any engine can and cannot do with the heat it is fed.

Year 13 · 4 topics · AQA option unit.

• Rotational motion and moment of inertia
• Torque, angular momentum and rotational power
• The first law of thermodynamics
• Heat engines and heat pumps