Foundation of Physics for Scientists and Engineers Volume I: Mechanics, Heat and Sound
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2015
ISBN-13: 9788740310023
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. Physical Measurement and Units; title: 1.1. The International System of Units (SI); title: 1.2. SI Unit of Mass; title: 1.3. Atomic Mass Unit; title: 1.4. SI Unit of Time; title: 1.5. Problems; title: 2. Scalars and Vectors; title: 2.1. Physics a Mathematical Science; title: 2.2. Vector Addition and Subtraction; title: 2.3. The Component Method; title: 2.4. Unit Vectors and Representations; title: 2.5. Vector Multiplications; title: 2.6. Problems; title: 3. Motion in One Dimension; title: 3.1. Position and Displacement; title: 3.2. Velocity; title: 3.3. Acceleration and Deceleration; title: 3.4. Time Independent Relations; title: 3.5. Free Fall in Vacuum; title: 3.6. Problems; title: 4. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions; title: 4.1. Position and Displacement; title: 4.2. Motion in a Plane; title: 4.3. Circular Motion; title: 4.4. Frequency and Period; title: 4.5. Problems; title: 5. Force and Dynamics; title: 5.1. Newton’s First Law; title: 5.2. Newton’s Second Law; title: 5.3. Newton’s Third Law; title: 5.4. Weight; title: 5.5. Elastic Force; title: 5.6. Friction and Dissipative Forces; title: 5.7. Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion, The Centripetal Force; title: 5.8. Problems; title: 6. Work, Energy and Conservation of Energy; title: 6.1. Variable Force; title: 6.2. Conservation of Energy; title: 6.3. Problems; title: 7. Momentum, Impulse and Conservation of Momentum; title: 7.1. Center of Mass; title: 7.2. Newton’s Second Law, revisited; title: 7.3. Impulse; title: 7.4. Conservation of Momentum; title: 7.5. Scattering; title: 7.6. Problems; title: 8. Rotation; title: 8.1. Angular Displacement; title: 8.2. Angular Velocity; title: 8.3. Angular Acceleration; title: 8.4. Torque; title: 8.5. Angular Momentum; title: 8.6. Newton’s Second Law in rotational motion; title: 8.7. Angular Momentum, Rotational Kinetic Energy and the Moment of Inertia; title: 8.8. Calculation of Moment of Inertia; title: 8.9. Conservation of Angular Momentum; title: 8.10. Problems; title: 9. Statics and Elasticity; title: 9.1. Static Equilibrium; title: 9.2. Center of Gravity; title: 9.3. Elasticity; title: 9.4. Modulus of Elasticity; title: 9.5. Elasticity and Plasticity; title: 9.6. Problems; title: 10. Gravity; title: 10.1. Gravity and Newton’s Second Law; title: 10.2. Gauss’s Law of Gravity; title: 10.3. Gravitational Potential; title: 10.4. Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion; title: 10.5. Orbits of Planets, Spaceships and Satellites; title: 10.6. Problems; title: 11. Oscillations; title: 11.1. Simple Harmonic Motion; title: 11.2. The Simple Pendulum; title: 11.3. Problems; title: 12. Fluid Mechanics; title: 12.1. Density; title: 12.2. Pressure; title: 12.3. Fluid Dynamics; title: 12.4. Problems; title: 13. Wave Mechanics; title: 13.1. Longitudinal and Transverse Waves; title: 13.2. Frequency, Period and Wavelength; title: 13.3. Wave Velocity; title: 13.4. Vibrating String; title: 13.5. The Wave Equation; title: 13.6. Solution to the Wave Equation; title: 13.7. Power and Intensity of Waves; title: 13.8. Interference, Standing Waves and Resonances; title: 13.9. Problems; title: 14. Sound; title: 14.1. Sound Waves; title: 14.2. Speed of Sound; title: 14.3. Intensity of Sound; title: 14.4. Beat; title: 14.5. The Doppler Effect; title: 14.6. Problems; title: 15. Heat and Thermodynamics; title: 15.1. Temperature; title: 15.2. Units of Temperature; title: 15.3. The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics; title: 15.4. Thermal Expansion; title: 15.5. Heat; title: 15.6. Heat Conduction; title: 15.7. Heat and Work; title: 15.8. First Law of Thermodynamics; title: 15.9. Problems; title: 16. The Kinetic Theory of Gases; title: 16.1. Mole and the Avogadro’s Number; title: 16.2. Ideal Gas; title: 16.3. Temperature and Pressure of Gases; title: 16.4. Kinetic Energy of Gases; title: 16.5. Adiabatic Processes; title: 16.6. Problems; title: 17. Entropy and Second Law of Thermodynamics; title: 17.1. Reversible and Irreversible Processes; title: 17.2. Enthalpy and Latent Heat; title: 17.3. Carnot Cycle; title: 17.4. Problems