SPM Form 4 Physics Chapter 3 Force and Pressure Revision Notes

  1. Understanding Pressure
    1. Applications of High Pressure
    2. Applications of Low Pressure
  2. Pressure in Liquid
    1. Pressure in Liquid – The U-Tube
    2. Characteristics of Liquid Pressure
    3. Applications of Pressure in Liquid
  3. Gas Pressure
    1. Instruments Used to Measure Gas Pressure
    2. Bourdon Gauge
    3. Manometer 
    4. Gas Trapped in a Capillary Tube 
  4. Atmospheric Pressure
    1. Proof of Existence of Atmospheric Pressure
    2. Applications of Atmospheric Pressure
    3. Instruments to Measure Atmospheric Pressure
    4. Simple Mercury Barometer (Video1, Video2)
    5. Fortin Barometer
    6. Aneroid Barometer
  5. Pascal’s Principle
    1. Numerical Problems 
    2. Applications of Pascal’s Principle
  6. Archimedes’ Principle
    1. Numerical Problems
    2. Principle of Floatation
    3. Buoyant Force and Weight of Object
    4. Forces Acted on Objects Immersed in Liquid
    5. Applications of Archimedes’ Principle
  7. Bernoulli’s Principle
    1. Experiments Related to Bernoulli’s Principle
    2. Applications of Bernoulli’s Principle
  8. Formulae List – Mind Map