Download or read book A Student s Guide to Rotational Motion written by Effrosyni Seitaridou and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rotational motion is of fundamental importance in physics and engineering, and an essential topic for undergraduates to master. This accessible yet rigorous Student's Guide focuses on the underlying principles of rotational dynamics, providing the reader with an intuitive understanding of the physical concepts, and a firm grasp of the mathematics. Key concepts covered include torque, moment of inertia, angular momentum, work and energy, and the combination of translational and rotational motion. Each chapter presents one important aspect of the topic, with derivations and analysis of the fundamental equations supported by step-by-step examples and exercises demonstrating important applications. Much of the book is focused on scenarios in which point masses and rigid bodies rotate around fixed axes, while more advanced examples of rotational motion, including gyroscopic motion, are introduced in a final chapter.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to Newton s Laws of Motion written by Sanjoy Mahajan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master Newton's laws of motion, the basis of modern science and engineering, with this intuitive and accessible text.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to Analytical Mechanics written by John L. Bohn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible guide to analytical mechanics, using intuitive examples to illustrate the underlying mathematics, helping students formulate, solve and interpret problems in mechanics.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to Fourier Transforms written by John Francis James and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-19 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourier transform theory is of central importance in a vast range of applications in physical science, engineering, and applied mathematics. This new edition of a successful student text provides a concise introduction to the theory and practice of Fourier transforms, using qualitative arguments wherever possible and avoiding unnecessary mathematics. After a brief description of the basic ideas and theorems, the power of the technique is then illustrated by referring to particular applications in optics, spectroscopy, electronics and telecommunications. The rarely discussed but important field of multi-dimensional Fourier theory is covered, including a description of computer-aided tomography (CAT-scanning). The final chapter discusses digital methods, with particular attention to the fast Fourier transform. Throughout, discussion of these applications is reinforced by the inclusion of worked examples. The book assumes no previous knowledge of the subject, and will be invaluable to students of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, and computer science.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to Lagrangians and Hamiltonians written by Patrick Hamill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise treatment of variational techniques, focussing on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems, ideal for physics, engineering and mathematics students.
Download or read book Rotation 101 written by Valeri Vankov and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-16 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you struggle with the rotation problems from advanced physics courses in high school or college, or are simply interested to learn about the basics of rotation, this book is right for you. Based on the experience of a student who self-taught for the AP Physics С Mechanics exam and written just to-the-point, with depth of connections, theoretical rigor, and clarity that a lot of other textbooks do not have, the guide draws out parallels between linear and rotational motion and expands on the specifics of rotational mechanics. Each concept and equation is presented in great detail and is supported by carefully selected examples that are followed by comprehensive solutions. The explanations are nicely written and easy to follow. This book will not only help you understand the basics of rotation, but it will also encourage you to further appreciate the underlying creativity of more complex problems in mechanics.
Download or read book Simple Brownian Diffusion written by Daniel Thomas Gillespie and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brownian diffusion is the motion of one or more solute molecules in a sea of very many, much smaller solvent molecules. Its importance today owes mainly to cellular chemistry, since Brownian diffusion is one of the ways in which key reactant molecules move about inside a living cell. This book focuses on the four simplest models of Brownian diffusion: the classical Fickian model, the Einstein model, the discrete-stochastic (cell-jumping) model, and the Langevin model. The authors carefully develop the theories underlying these models, assess their relative advantages, and clarify their conditions of applicability. Special attention is given to the stochastic simulation of diffusion, and to showing how simulation can complement theory and experiment. Two self-contained tutorial chapters, one on the mathematics of random variables and the other on the mathematics of continuous Markov processes (stochastic differential equations), make the book accessible to researchers from a broad spectrum of technical backgrounds.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to Maxwell s Equations written by Daniel Fleisch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere–Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be combined to produce the wave equation, the basis for the electromagnetic theory of light. This book is a wonderful resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in electromagnetism and electromagnetics. A website hosted by the author at www.cambridge.org/9780521701471 contains interactive solutions to every problem in the text as well as audio podcasts to walk students through each chapter.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to Laplace Transforms written by Daniel Fleisch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear explanations and supportive online material develop an intuitive understanding of the meaning and use of Laplace.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to the Schr dinger Equation written by Daniel A. Fleisch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear guide to the key concepts and mathematical techniques underlying the Schrödinger equation, including homework problems and fully worked solutions.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to Entropy written by Don S. Lemons and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Striving to explore the subject in as simple a manner as possible, this book helps readers understand the elusive concept of entropy. Innovative aspects of the book include the construction of statistical entropy from desired properties, the derivation of the entropy of classical systems from purely classical assumptions, and a statistical thermodynamics approach to the ideal Fermi and ideal Bose gases. Derivations are worked through step-by-step and important applications are highlighted in over 20 worked examples. Around 50 end-of-chapter exercises test readers' understanding. The book also features a glossary giving definitions for all essential terms, a time line showing important developments, and list of books for further study. It is an ideal supplement to undergraduate courses in physics, engineering, chemistry and mathematics.
Download or read book APlusPhysics written by Dan Fullerton and published by Silly Beagle Productions. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: APlusPhysics: Your Guide to Regents Physics Essentials is a clear and concise roadmap to the entire New York State Regents Physics curriculum, preparing students for success in their high school physics class as well as review for high marks on the Regents Physics Exam. Topics covered include pre-requisite math and trigonometry; kinematics; forces; Newton's Laws of Motion, circular motion and gravity; impulse and momentum; work, energy, and power; electrostatics; electric circuits; magnetism; waves; optics; and modern physics. Featuring more than five hundred questions from past Regents exams with worked out solutions and detailed illustrations, this book is integrated with the APlusPhysics.com website, which includes online question and answer forums, videos, animations, and supplemental problems to help you master Regents Physics essentials. "The best physics books are the ones kids will actually read." Advance Praise for APlusPhysics Regents Physics Essentials: "Very well written... simple, clear engaging and accessible. You hit a grand slam with this review book." -- Anthony, NY Regents Physics Teacher. "Does a great job giving students what they need to know. The value provided is amazing." -- Tom, NY Regents Physics Teacher. "This was tremendous preparation for my physics test. I love the detailed problem solutions." -- Jenny, NY Regents Physics Student. "Regents Physics Essentials has all the information you could ever need and is much easier to understand than many other textbooks... it is an excellent review tool and is truly written for students." -- Cat, NY Regents Physics Student
Download or read book Newton s Gravity written by Douglas W. MacDougal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-16 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Newton’s Gravity” conveys the power of simple mathematics to tell the fundamental truth about nature. Many people, for example, know the tides are caused by the pull of the Moon and to a lesser extent the Sun. But very few can explain exactly how and why that happens. Fewer still can calculate the actual pulls of the Moon and Sun on the oceans. This book shows in clear detail how to do this with simple tools. It uniquely crosses disciplines – history, astronomy, physics and mathematics – and takes pains to explain things frequently passed over or taken for granted in other books. Using a problem-based approach, “Newton’s Gravity” explores the surprisingly basic mathematics behind gravity, the most fundamental force that governs the movements of satellites, planets, and the stars. Author Douglas W. MacDougal uses actual problems from the history of astronomy, as well as original examples, to deepen understanding of how discoveries were made and what they mean. “Newton’s Gravity” concentrates strongly on the development of the science of orbital motion, beginning with Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, each of whom is prominently represented. Quotes and problems from Galileo’s Dialogs Concerning Two New Sciences and particularly Newton’s Principia help the reader get inside the mind of those thinkers and see the problems as they saw them, and experience their concise and typically eloquent writing. This book enables students and curious minds to explore the mysteries of celestial motion without having to know advanced mathematics. It will whet the reader’s curiosity to explore further and provide him or her the tools (mathematical or physical) to do so.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to Numerical Methods written by Ian H. Hutchinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The plain language style, worked examples and exercises in this book help students to understand the foundations of computational physics and engineering.
Download or read book A Student s Guide to Waves written by Daniel Fleisch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written to complement course textbooks, this book focuses on the topics that undergraduates in physics and engineering find most difficult.
Download or read book Perfect Form written by Don S. Lemons and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1997-03-23 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All natural curves and shapes, and many artificial ones, manifest such "perfect form" because physical principles can be expressed as a statement requiring some important physical quantity to be mathematically maximum, minimum, or stationary.
Download or read book Intermediate Dynamics written by Patrick Hamill and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-14 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for the two-semester, undergraduate Classical Mechanics course, Intermediate Dynamics provides an active-learning, student-friendly approach to this challenging level of physics. The text begins with an optional review of introductory concepts typically covered in prerequisite courses and moves on to the topics traditionally covered in courses in intermediate mechanics. It includes historical sketches of important contributors to the field and provides footnotes to recent articles that consider the material being discussed. Within each chapter the author includes numerous accessible exercises that help students understand key material, while more rigorous end-of-chapter problems challenge students to work out problems based on concepts discussed in the chapter. Additional computer problems are offered at the end of each chapter for those who would like to explore computational physics.
