CLASS 11 PHYSICS TERM 2
IMPORTANT DERIVATIONS
Note: Prepare only those derivations which are discussed in your school
Mechanical properties of solids
    Maximum height of mountain on earth. (2)
    Elastic potential energy stored in a stretched wire (2)
    Estimation of radius of rope to lift a weigh W. (2)
    Hollow shaft is stronger than a solid shaft. (2)
Mechanical properties of fluids
    Bernoulli’s theorem (3 or 5)
    Ascent formula (3)
    Terminal velocity (2 or 3)
    Excess pressure inside a liquid drop (2 or 3)
    Excess pressure inside a soap bubble (2 or 3)
    Equation of continuity (2 or 3)
    Torricelli’s law (2 or 3)
    Rate of flow formula for venturimeter (2 or 3)
    Variation of pressure with depth (2 or 3)
    Archimedes principle (2 or 3)
    Surface energy (2)
    Stoke’s law (2)
    Critical velocity (2 or 3)
    Reynold’s number (2 or 3)
Thermal properties of matter
    Relation between temperature coefficients of thermal expansion. (3 or 5)
    Newton’s law of cooling (3)
Thermodynamics
    Relation between Cp and Cv (Mayer’s formula) (3)
    Work done in adiabatic process (2 or 3)
                                           Q2 T2
    Efficiency of carnot engine (mainly        )(2 or 3)
                                           Q1 T1
    Efficiency of heat engine (2 or 3)
    Work done in isothermal process(2 or 3)
    Adiabatic curve is steeper than isothermal curve (2)
Kinetic theory of gases
    Pressure exerted by ideal gas (3 or 5)
    Derivation of gas laws from KTG (3 or 5)
    Law of equipartition of energy (2 or 3)
    Derivation of  for monoatomic, diatomic, triatomic and polyatomic gases (3 or 5)
    Mean free path (3)
Oscillations
    Displacement, velocity, acceleration, time period and energy of an oscillating particle.
      (2, 3 or 5)
    Time period of simple pendulum (2 or 3)
    Time period of liquid oscillating in U tube (2 or 3)
    Time period of oscillations of a floating cylinder (2 or 3)
    Time period of a body doing SHM inside earth (2 or 3)
    Time period of vertical spring (2 or 3)
    Time period of combination of springs (2 or 3)
Waves
    Standing waves on stretched string and organ pipes (2, 3 or 5)
    Beats (2 or 3)
    Equation of plane progressive wave (2 or 3)
    Relation between wave velocity and particle velocity (2 or 3)
    Dopplers effect (2 or 3)
    Velocity of a transverse wave of a stretched string (2)
    Velocity of a longitudinal wave in a gas (2)
    Newton’s formula for velocity of sound in air (2 or 3)
    Laplace’s correction in Newton’s formula (2 or 3)