Norbury John. Elementary Mechanics & Thermodynamics

Physics Department University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, 2000. 257 р.

Contents
Motion Along A Straight Line
Motion
Position and Displacement
Average Velocity and Average Speed
Instantaneous Velocity and Speed
Acceleration
Constant Acceleration: A Special Case
Another Look at Constant Acceleration
Free-Fall Acceleration
Problems
Vectors
Vectors and Scalars
Adding Vectors: Graphical Method
Vectors and Their Components
Review of Trigonometry
Components of Vectors
Unit Vectors
Adding Vectors by Components
Vectors and the Laws of Physics
Multiplying Vectors
The Scalar Product (often called dot product)
The Vector Product
Problems
Motion in 2 & 3 Dimensions
Moving in Two or Three Dimensions
Position and Displacement
Velocity and Average Velocity
Acceleration and Average Acceleration
Projectile Motion
Projectile Motion Analyzed
Uniform Circular Motion
Problems
Force & Motion - I
What Causes an Acceleration?
Newton's First Law
Force
Mass
Newton's Second Law
Some Particular Forces
Newton's Third Law
Applying Newton's Laws
Problems
Force & Motion - II
Friction
Properties of Friction
Drag Force and Terminal Speed
Uniform Circular Motion
Problems
Potential Energy & Conservation of Energy
Work
Kinetic Energy
Work-Energy Theorem
Gravitational Potential Energy
Conservation of Energy
Spring Potential Energy
Appendix: alteative method to obtain potential energy
Problems
Systems of Particles
A Special Point
The Center of Mass
Newton's Second Law for a System of Particles
Linear Momentum of a Point Particle
Linear Momentum of a System of Particles
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Problems
Collisions
What is a Collision?
Impulse and Linear Momentum
Elastic Collisions in 1-dimension
Inelastic Collisions in 1-dimension
Collisions in 2-dimensions
Reactions and Decay Processes
Problems
Rotation
Translation and Rotation
The Rotational Variables
Are Angular Quantities Vectors?
Rotation with Constant Angular Acceleration
Relating the Linear and Angular Variables
Kinetic Energy of Rotation
Calculating the Rotational Inertia
Torque
Newton's Second Law for Rotation
Work and Rotational Kinetic Energy
Problems
Rolling, Torque & Angular Momentum
Rolling
Yo-Yo
Torque Revisited
Angular Momentum
Newton's Second Law in Angular Form
Angular Momentum of a System of Particles
Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body Rotating About a Fixed Axis
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Problems
Gravitation
The World and the Gravitational Force
Newton's Law of Gravitation
Gravitation and Principle of Superposition
Gravitation Near Earth's Surface
Gravitation Inside Earth
Gravitational Potential Energy
Kepler's Laws
Problems
Oscillations
Oscillations
Force Law for SHM
Energy in SHM
An Angular Simple Harmonic Oscillator
Pendulum
Problems
Waves - I
Waves and Particles
Types of Waves
Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
Wavelength and Frequency
Speed of a Travelling Wave
Wave Speed on a String
Energy and Power of a Travelling String Wave
Principle of Superposition
Interference of Waves
Phasors
Standing Waves
Standing Waves and Resonance
Problems
Waves - II
Sound Waves
Speed of Sound
Travelling Sound Waves
Interference
Intensity and Sound Level
Sources of Musical Sound
Beats
Doppler E®ect
Problems
Temperature, Heat & 1st Law of Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Measuring Temperature
Celsius, Farenheit and Kelvin Temperature Scales
Thermal Expansion
Temperature and Heat
The Absorption of Heat by Solids and Liquids
A Closer Look at Heat and Work
The First Law of Thermodynamics
Special Cases of 1st Law of Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer Mechanisms
Problems
Kinetic Theory of Gases
A New Way to Look at Gases
Avagadro's Number
Ideal Gases
Pressure, Temperature and RMS Speed
Translational Kinetic Energy
Mean Free Path
Distribution of Molecular Speeds
Problems
Review of Calculus
Derivative Equals Slope
Slope of a Curve
Some Common Derivatives
Extremum Value of a Function
Integral
Integral Equals Antiderivative
Integral Equals Area Under Curve
De.nite and Inde.nite Integrals
Problems