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Table of Contents:
Chapter 12 Equilibrium and Elasticity.What injury can occur to a rock climber hanging by a crimp hold?12-1 What Is Physics?12-2 Equilibrium.12-3 The Requirements of Equilibrium.12-4 The Center of Gravity.12-5 Some Examples of Static Equilibrium.12-6 Indeterminate Structures.12-7 Elasticity.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 13 Gravitation.What lies at the center of our Milky Way galaxy?13-1 What Is Physics?13-2 Newton's Law of Gravitation.13-3 Gravitation and the Principle of Superposition.13-4 Gravitation Near Earth's Surface.13-5 Gravitation Inside Earth.13-6 Gravitational Potential Energy.13-7 Planets and Satellites: Kepler's Laws.13-8 Satellites: Orbits and Energy.13-9 Einstein and Gravitation.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 14 Fluids.What causes ground effect in race car driving?14-1 What Is Physics?14-2 What Is a Fluid?14-3 Density and Pressure.14-4 Fluids at Rest.14-5 Measuring Pressure.14-6 Pascal's Principle.14-7 Archimedes' Principle.14-8 Ideal Fluids in Motion.14-9 The Equation of Continuity.14-10 Bernoulli's Equation.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 15 Oscillations.What is the "secret" of a skilled diver's high catapult inspringboard diving?15-1 What Is Physics?15-2 Simple Harmonic Motion.15-3 The Force Law for Simple Harmonic Motion.15-4 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion.15-5 An Angular Simple Harmonic Oscillator.15-6 Pendulums.15-7 Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion.15-8 Damped Simple Harmonic Motion.15-9 Forced Oscillations and Resonance.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 16 Waves-I.How can a submarine wreck be located by distant seismicstations?16-1 What Is Physics?16-2 Types of Waves.16-3 Transverse and Longitudinal Waves.16-4 Wavelength and Frequency.16-5 The Speed of a Traveling Wave.16-6 Wave Speed on a Stretched String.16-7 Energy and Power of a Wave Traveling Along a String.16-8 The Wave Equation.16-9 The Principle of Superposition for Waves.16-10 Interference of Waves.16-11 Phasors.16-12 Standing Waves.16-13 Standing Waves and Resonance.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 17 Waves-II.How can an emperor penguin .nd its mate among thousands of huddled penguins?17-1 What Is Physics?17-2 Sound Waves.17-3 The Speed of Sound.17-4 Traveling Sound Waves.17-5 Interference.17-6 Intensity and Sound Level.17-7 Sources of Musical Sound.17-8 Beats.17-9 The Doppler Effect.17-10 Supersonic Speeds, Shock Waves.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 18 Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics.How can a dead rattlesnake detect and strike a reaching hand?18-1 What Is Physics?.18-2 Temperature.18-3 The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.18-4 Measuring Temperature.18-5 The Celsius and Fahrenheit Scales.18-6 Thermal Expansion.18-7 Temperature and Heat.18-8 The Absorption of Heat by Solids and Liquids.18-9 A Closer Look at Heat and Work.18-10 The First Law of Thermodynamics.18-11 Some Special Cases of the First Law of Thermodynamics.18-12 Heat Transfer Mechanisms.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 19 The Kinetic Theory of Gases.How can cooling steam inside a railroad tank car cause the car to be crushed?19-1 What Is Physics?19-2 Avogadro's Number.19-3 Ideal Gases.19-4 Pressure, Temperature, and RMS Speed.19-5 Translational Kinetic Energy.19-6 Mean Free Path.19-7 The Distribution of Molecular Speeds.19-8 The Molar Speci.c Heats of an Ideal Gas.19-9 Degrees of Freedom and Molar Speci.c Heats.19-10 A Hint of Quantum Theory.19-11 The Adiabatic Expansion of an Ideal Gas.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 20 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.Why is the popping of popcorn irreversible?20-1 What Is Physics?20-2 Irreversible Processes and Entropy.20-3 Change in Entropy.20-4 The Second Law of Thermodynamics.20-5 Entropy in the Real World: Engines.20-6 Entropy in the Real World: Refrigerators.20-7 The Ef.ciencies of Real Engines.20-8 A Statistical View of Entropy.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Appendices.A The International System of Units (SI).B Some Fundamental Constants of Physics.C Some Astronomical Data.D Conversion Factors.E Mathematical Formulas.F Properties of the Elements.G Periodic Table of the Elements.Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems.Index.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780471429623
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Pt. 2
  • Width: 215 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0471429627
  • Publisher Date: 06 Jan 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 280 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 624 gr

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