Mechanics and thermodynamics : laboratory works in physics / Nijolė Astrauskienė, Artüras Jukna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Astrauskienė, Nijolė.

Contributor:

Jukna, Artüras.

Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanics, Analytic.

Thermodynamics.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vilnius : "Technika", 2011.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""I. Laboratory rules and lab work reports""; ""Introduction""; ""Before starting your work in the Physics Lab""; ""In the Physics Lab""; ""Title of the lab work""; ""Purpose""; ""Experimental setup, devices and procedure""; ""Results of measurements and discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""II. Errors of measurements and their estimation ""; ""Errors of measurements""; ""Errors of direct measurements""; ""Student's method""; ""Errors of indirect measurements""; ""The rules of rounding off significant figures""; ""References""; ""Laboratory works ""

""LW 1. Determination of material density and estimationof measurement errors""""III. Rotational motion: kinematical and dynamical characteristics and laws""; ""Angular velocity and angular acceleration""; ""Relating the linear and angular variables""; ""Rotational inertia""; ""Torque. Newton's second law for rotation""; ""Angular momentum. Conservation of angular momentum ""; ""References""; ""Laboratory works ""; ""LW 2. Verification of the Newton's second law for rotation""; ""LW 3. Measuring the rotational inertia of bodies""; ""LW 4. Determination of the rotational inertia of a system""

""LW 5. Investigation of the precession of a gyroscope""""LW 6. Determination of the rotational inertia of rings""; ""References""; ""LW 7. Determination of the rotational inertia of geometrically regular shape bodies ""; ""LW 8. Determination of the speed of a bullet by a torsion ballistic pendulum""; ""IV. Mechanical oscillations""; ""Introduction""; ""The simple spring oscillator""; ""The simple pendulum""; ""The physical pendulum""; ""Damped oscillations""; ""Forced oscillations and resonance""; ""References""; ""Laboratory works ""

""LW 9. Investigation of translational damped oscillations""""LW 10a. Investigation of torsional damped oscillations by a rotating pendulum ""; ""LW 10b. Investigation of torsional forced oscillations by a rotating pendulum""; ""LW 12. Investigation of damped oscillations by a sloping pendulum""; ""LW 13. Measurement of free-fall acceleration by a simple and physical pendulum""; ""LW 11. Investigation of pendulum's forced oscillations""; ""V. Waves ""; ""Introduction""; ""Transverse and longitudinal waves""; ""Interference of waves""; ""Standing waves and resonance""; ""Traveling sound wave""

""Energy and power of a traveling wave""""References""; ""Laboratory works ""; ""LW 14. Measurement of sound's speed in air by means of acoustic interferometer""; ""LW 15. Measurement of speed of sound in air by means of Kundt's method""; ""LW 16. Measurement of the speed of transverse waves propagation through a string""; ""LW 17. Measurements of interference and speed of ultra-soundwaves propagation in air""; ""LW 18. Measurements of speed of traveling longitudinal waves in metals and determination of Young's modulus""; ""VI. Molecular physics and thermodynamics""

""The kinetic theory of gases""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

609-457-005-7

OCLC:

842680988