12th BPU CONGRESS – Bucharest, Romania
(8-12 July, 2025)
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BPO8-Syllabus

BPO 2026

Mechanics

  • Measurement
    Fundamental quantities and derived quantities
    Conversion of units
    Significant digits of numbers
  • Motion in One Dimension
    Position, velocity, and acceleration
    Motion diagrams
  • Motion in Two Dimensions
    Position, displacement, velocity, and acceleration
  • Projectile Motion
    The trajectory of a projectile as combination of horizontal motion with constant velocity and vertical motion with constant acceleration
    A body projected horizontally
    Height and range of a projectile
  • The Laws of Motion
    The concept of force
    Newton’s first law
    Newton’s second law
    Newton’s third law
    Forces of friction
    Free-body diagram
  • Energy of a System
    Work done by a constant force
    Kinetic energy
    Kinetic energy and the work–kinetic energy theorem
    Potential energy of a system
    Conservative and non-conservative forces
    Relationship between conservative forces and potential energy
    Mechanical energy of a system
    Changes in mechanical energy for conservative and nonconservative forces
    Mechanical energy of a block–spring system
  • Gravitation
    Newton’s Law of Gravitation
    Weight
    Gravitational Potential Energy
    The Motion of Satellites
    Kepler’s Laws and the Motion of Planets

Electromagnetism

  • Electrostatics
    Electric Charge
    Coulomb’s Law
    Electric Field, Electric Forces, Electric lines
    Electric Potential Energy
    Electric Potential, Equipotential Surfaces
    Capacitors and Capacitance
    Capacitors in Series and Parallel
    Energy Storage in Capacitors and Electric-Field Energy
    Conductors and Dielectrics
  • Current and Resistance
    Electric current
    Resistance
    Ohm’s law
    Electromotive force
    Resistors in series and parallel
    Equivalent resistance in simple circuits
    Electric power