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Third Edition
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Volume(s): 1
Parts 1-3
Chapters 1-21
ISBN 978-0-393-93003-0
Hans C. Ohanian
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John T. Markert
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Physics for Engineers and Scientists
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Part I. Motion, Force and Energy
1. Space, Time, Mass
1.1 Coordinates; Reference Frames
1.2 The Unit of Length
1.3 The Unit of Time
1.4 The Unit of Mass
1.5 Derived Units
1.6 Significant Figures; Consistency of Units and Conversion of Units
2. Motion Along A Straight Line
2.1 Average Speed
2.2 Average Velocity for Motion along a Straight Line
2.3 Instantaneous Velocity
2.4 Acceleration
2.5 Motion with Constant Acceleration
2.6 The Acceleration of Free Fall
2.7 Integration of the Equations of Motion
3. Vectors
3.1 The Displacement Vector and Other Vectors
3.2 Vector Addition and Subtraction
3.3 The Position Vector; Components of a Vector
3.4 Vector Multiplication
4. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
4.1 Components of Velocity and Acceleration
4.2 The Velocity and Acceleration Vectors
4.3 Motion with Constant Acceleration
4.4 The Motion of Projectiles
4.5 Uniform Circular Motion
4.6 The Relativity of Motion and the Addition of Velocities
5. Newton’s Laws of Motion
5.1 Newton’s First Law
5.2 Newton’s Second Law
5.3 The Combination of Forces
5.4 Weight; Contact Force and Normal Force
5.5 Newton’s Third Law
5.6 Motion with a Constant Force
6. Further Applications of Newton’s Laws
6.1 Friction
6.2 Restoring Force of a Spring; Hooke’s Law
6.3 Force for Uniform Circular Motion
6.4 The Four Fundamental Forces
7. Work and Energy
7.1 Work
7.2 Work for a Variable Force
7.3 Kinetic Energy
7.4 Gravitational Potential Energy
8. Conservation of Energy
8.1 Potential Energy of a Conservative Force
8.2 The Curve of Potential Energy
8.3 Other Forms of Energy
8.4 Mass and Energy
8.5 Power
9. Gravitation
9.1 Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
9.2 The Measurement of G
9.3 Circular Orbits
9.4 Elliptical Orbits; Kepler’s Laws
9.5 Gravitational Potential Energy
10. Systems of Particles
10.1 Momentum
10.2 Center of Mass
10.3 The Motion of the Center of Mass
10.4 Energy of a System of Particles
11. Collisions
11.2 Impulsive Forces
11.2 Elastic Collisions
11.3 Inelastic Collisions
11.4 Collisions in Two and Three Dimensions
12. Rotation of a Rigid Body
12.1 Motion of a Rigid Body
12.2 Rotation about a Fixed Axis
12.3 Motion with Constant Angular Acceleration
12.4 Motion with Time-Dependent Angular Acceleration
12.5 Kinetic Energy of Rotation; Moment of Inertia
13. Dynamics of a Rigid Body
13.1 Work, Energy, and Power in Rotational Motion; Torque
13.2 The Equation of Rotational Motion
13.3 Angular Momentum and its Conservation
13.4 Torque and Angular Momentum as Vectors
14. Statics and Elasticity
14.1 Statics of Rigid Bodies
14.2 Examples of Static Equilibrium
14.3 Levers and Pulleys
14.4 Elasticity of Materials
Part II. Oscillations, Waves, and Fluids
15. Oscillations
15.1 Simple Harmonic Motion
15.2 The Simple Harmonic Oscillator
15.3 Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy
15.4 The Simple Pendulum
15.5 Damped Oscillations and Forced Oscillations
16. Waves
16.1 Transverse and Longitudinal Wave Motion
16.2 Periodic Waves
16.3 The Superposition of Waves
16.4 Standing Waves
17. Sound
17.1 Sound Waves in Air
17.2 Intensity of Sound
17.3 The Speed of Sound; Standing Waves
17.4 The Doppler Effect
17.5 Diffraction
18. Motion of Fluids
18.1 Density and Flow Velocity
18.2 Incompressible Steady Flow; Streamlines
18.3 Pressure
18.4 Pressure in a Static Fluid
18.5 Archimedes’ Principle
18.6 Fluid Dynamics; Bernoulli’s Equation
Part III. Temperature, Heat, and Thermodynamics
19. The Ideal Gas
19.1 The Ideal-Gas Law
19.2 The Temperature Scale
19.3 Kinetic Pressure
19.4 The Internal Energy of an Ideal Gas
20. Heat
20.1 Heat as a Form of Energy Transfer
20.2 Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids
20.3 Conduction of Heat
20.4 Changes of State
20.5 The Specific Heat of a Gas
20.6 Adiabatic Expansion of a Gas
21. Thermodynamics
21.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics
21.2 Heat Engines; The Carnot Engine
21.3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
21.4 The Entropy