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Putting It All Together
Ron Hellings
Montana State University
Jeff Adams
Montana State University
Greg Francis
Montana State University
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mill valley, california
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Names: Hellings, Ronald W., author. | Adams, Jeffrey P., author. | Francis, Gregory E.,
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Title: College physics : putting it all together / Ron Hellings, Jeff Adams, Greg Francis.
Description: Mill Valley, California : University Science Books, [2017] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017010603| ISBN 9781938787935 (alk. paper) | ISBN 1938787935
(alk. paper) | ISBN 9781938787959 (eBook) | ISBN 1938787951 (eBook)
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CONTENTS
Preface vii
1. INTrOduCTION 1 4. TwO-dImENSIONAl KINEmATICS 55
1.1 Measurement 2 4.1 Position Vectors and Coordinate
1.2 Arithmetic 4 Systems 55
1.3 Working with Units 6 4.2 Displacement and Velocity 56
1.4 Mathematics Requirements 7 4.3 Acceleration in Two Dimensions 57
1.5 Summary 7 4.4 Projectile Motion 61
1.6 Problems 8 4.5 Circular Motion and Centripetal
Acceleration 65
2. O NE-dImENSIONAl KINEmATICS 11 4.6 Relative Velocity 68
2.1 The Coordinate System 11 4.7 Summary 70
2.2 Displacement 12 4.8 Problems 71
2.3 Velocity 13
2.4 Straight Line Acceleration: 5. NEwTON’S lAwS 79
Speeding Up and Slowing Down 15 5.1 Newton’s First Law 79
2.5 Graphing the Motion 19 5.2 Newton’s Second Law 80
2.6 Equations Governing Uniformly 5.3 Newton’s Third Law 83
Accelerated Motion 21 5.4 Forces 85
2.7 Free Fall 24 5.5 Free-Body Diagrams 87
2.8 How to Solve Physics Problems 25 5.6 Statics 90
2.9 Summary 29 5.7 Summary 91
2.10 Problems 30 5.8 Problems 91
3. VECTOrS 37 6. FOrCES 97
3.1 Superposition 37 6.1 Gravitational Force—Weight 00
3.2 Vectors and Scalars 37 6.2 Normal Force 00
3.3 Vector Addition 38 6.3 Frictional Forces—Kinetic and Static 000
3.4 Vector Subtraction 40 6.4 Problems On an Inclined Plane 000
3.5 Trigonometry Review 41 6.5 Tension 000
3.6 Vector Components 44 6.6 Elastic and Spring Forces 000
3.7 Vector Addition (Revisited) 45 6.7 Refrigerator Magnet Force 000
3.8 Summary 48 6.8 Apparent Weight 000
3.9 Problems 30 6.9 Centripetal Force 000
6.10 Centrifugal and Other Fictitious Forces 000
6.11 Summary 000
6.12 Problems 000
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7. ENErgy 11. SImPlE hArmONIC mOTION
7.1 Forms of Energy 11.1 Period and Frequency
7.2 Energy Change and Work 11.2 Simple Harmonic Motion
7.3 Power 11.3 The Hanging Block on a Spring
7.4 C onservative and Non-Conservative 11.4 The Period Formula
Forces 11.5 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
7.5 Conservation of Energy 11.6 Other Harmonic Oscillators
7.6 Solving Mechanical Energy Problems 11.7 Summary
7.7 Summary 11.8 Problems
7.8 Problems
12. PulSES ANd wAVES
8. mOmENTum 12.1 Definitions
8.1 Impulse and Momentum 12.2 Wave Speed
8.2 Collisions 12.3 Superposition of Pulses
8.3 The Three Flavors of Collisions 12.4 Reflection of Pulses at a Boundary
8.4 Collisions in Two Dimensions 12.5 Reflection of Pulses at a Boundary Between
8.5 Elastic Collisions in One Dimension Two Media
8.6 Summary 12.6 Properties of Continuous Waves
8.7 Problems 12.7 Sound
12.8 Beats
9. rOTATIONAl mEChANICS 12.9 The Doppler Effect
9.1 The Radian 12.10 Summary
9.2 Rotational Kinematics 12.11 Problems
9.3 Torque
9.4 Center of Mass 13. STANdINg wAVES
9.5 Extended Free-Body Diagrams 13.1 Standing Wave on a String
9.6 Rotational Inertia 13.2 Reflection of Sound in an Air Column
9.7 Angular Momentum and Kinetic Energy 13.3 Longitudinal Standing Waves:
9.8 Summary Open–Open Tube
9.9 Problems 13.4 Longitudinal Standing Waves:
Open–Closed Tube
10. PrESSurE ANd FluIdS 13.5 Summary
10.1 Pressure 13.6 Problems
10.2 Pressure in Fluids
10.3 Pascal’s Principle 14. ThErmAl PhySICS
10.4 Archimedes’ Principle 14.1 Temperature
10.5 And What If It Floats? 14.2 Thermal Expansion
10.6 Summary 14.3 Specific Heat
10.7 Problems 14.4 Latent Heats
14.5 Summary
14.6 Problems
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15. ThErmOdyNAmICS 19. mAgNETIC FOrCES ANd FIEldS
15.1 Kinetic Theory of Gases 19.1 Magnetic Poles
15.2 Thermodynamics 19.2 Magnetic Fields
15.3 Specific Heats of a Gas 19.3 Magnetic Force on a Charged Particle
15.4 Summary 19.4 Magnetic Force on a Current-carrying
15.5 Problems Wire
19.5 Magnetic Field Due to a Wire
16. ElECTrIC FOrCES ANd FIEldS 19.6 Loops and Solenoids
16.1 Charge 19.7 Calculating the Magnetic Field
16.2 Coulomb’s Law 19.8 Ampere’s Law
16.3 Induction and Polarization 19.9 Magnetic Polarization and Refrigerator
16.4 Electric Fields Magnets
16.5 Superposition 19.10 Summary
16.6 Electric Field Lines 19.11 Problems
16.7 Uniformly Charged Sheets
16.8 Charged Conducting Plates 20. INduCTION
16.9 Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law 20.1 Faraday’s Law
16.10 Summary 20.2 Lenz’s Law
16.11 Problems 20.3 Inductors
20.4 Induced Magnetic Fields
17. VOlTAgE 20.5 Maxwell’s Equations
17.1 The Gravitational Potential 20.6 Summary
17.2 Electric Potential Energy and Voltage 20.7 Problems
17.3 Uniformly Charged Parallel Plates
17.4 Equipotential Surfaces 21. lIghT ANd ElECTrOmAgNETIC
wAVES
17.5 Capacitance
21.1 Electromagnetic Waves
17.6 Polarization and Dielectrics
21.2 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
17.7 Energy in a Capacitor
21.3 Huygens’s Principle
17.8 Summary
21.4 Reflection and Refraction
17.9 Problems
21.5 Energy in Electromagnetic Waves
21.6 Summary
18. CIrCuITS
21.7 Problems
18.1 Current and Wires
18.2 Batteries
22. gEOmETrICAl OPTICS
18.3 Resistors and Light Bulbs
22.1 Spherical Waves and Curvature
18.4 Energy and Power in Circuit Elements
22.2 Thin Lenses
18.5 Circuits
22.3 Ray Tracing and Image Size
18.6 Experiments with Batteries and Light
Bulbs 22.4 Spherical Mirrors
18.7 Equivalent Resistance 22.5 Combining Optical Elements
18.8 Kirchoff’s Laws 22.6 Optical Instruments
18.9 RC Circuits 22.7 Summary
18.10 Summary 22.8 Problems
18.11 Problems
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23. wAVE OPTICS 26. NuClEAr ANd PArTIClE
23.1 Double-Slit Interference PhySICS
23.2 Gratings 26.1 Nuclear Forces
23.3 Diffraction 26.2 Nuclear Reactions
23.4 Resolution 26.3 Elementary Particles
23.5 Thin Films 26.4 Fundamental Forces
23.6 Polarization 26.5 Epilogue
23.7 Summary 26.6 Summary
23.8 Problems 26.7 Problems
24. SPECIAl rElATIVITy Appendices
24.1 The Two Principles of Relativity Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems
24.2 The Three Effects Index
24.3 Applications and Paradoxes
24.4 Relative Velocity (Again)
24.5 Relativistic Mechanics
24.6 Summary
24.7 Problems
25. A TOmIC PhySICS ANd QuANTum
mEChANICS
25.1 Photons
25.2 Atomic Physics
25.3 Quantum Mechanics
25.4 Spin and The Exclusion Principle
25.5 Summary
25.6 Problems
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