University Physics I: Classical Mechanics

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gea-Banacloche, Julio, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Textbooks.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Arkansas [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is a “minimalist” textbook for a first semester of university, calculus-based physics, covering classical mechanics (including one chapter on mechanical waves, but excluding fluids), plus a brief introduction to thermodynamics. The presentation owes much to Mazur’s The Principles and Practice of Physics: conservation laws, momentum and energy, are introduced before forces, and one-dimensional setups are thoroughly explored before two-dimensional systems are considered. It contains both problems and worked-out examples.

Contents:

1 Reference frames, displacement, and velocity

2 Acceleration

3 Momentum and Inertia

4 Kinetic Energy

5 Interactions and energy

6 Interactions, part 2: Forces

7 Impulse, Work and Power

8 Motion in two dimensions

9 Rotational dynamics

10 Gravity

11 Simple harmonic motion

12 Waves in one dimension

13 Thermodynamics

Notes:

Description based on online resource