PART 1 MECHANICS
CHAPTER 1 KINEMATICS OF A PARTICLE
1.1 Reference System
1.2 Pbsition Vector, Displacement, and Velocity
1.3 Acceleration
1.4 One-dimensional Motion with Constant Acceleration
1.5 Projectile Motion
1.6 Circular Motion
1.7 Relative Motion
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 2 NEWTONS LAWS OF MOTION
2.1 Laws of Motion
2.2 Some Common Forces
2.3 Applications of Newtons Laws
2.4 Fundamental Forces of Nature
2.5 Noninertial Frame of Reference and Inertial Force
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 3 MOMENTUM AND ANGULAR MOMEMTUM
3.1 Impulse and Theorem of Momentum
3.2 Theorem of Momentum for A System of Particles
3.3 The Law of Conservation of Momentum
3.4 Rocket
3.5 Center of Mass
3.6 The Theorem of Motion of CM
3.7 Theorem of Angular Momentum for A Particle
3.8 The Law of Conservation of Angular Momentum
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 4 WORK AND ENERGY
4.1 Work
4.2 The Theorem of Kinetic Energy
4.3 Potential Energy
4.4 Gravitational Potential Energy
4.5 Finding Conservative Force from Potential Energy Function
4.6 Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy
4.7 Significance of Conservation Laws
4.8 Collision
4.9 Steady flow of Fluids
4.10 Bernoullis Equation
SUMMARY
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PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 5 ROTATION
5.1 Description of Rotation
5.2 The Law of Rotation
5.3 Calculating Moment of Inertia
5.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum in Rotation
5.5 Work and Energy in Rotation
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS
PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 6 RELATIVITY
6.1 Newtonian Principle of Relativity and Galilean Transformation
6.2 Einsteins Two Postulates of Relativity
6.3 Relativity of Simultaneity
6.4 Time Dilation
6.5 Length Contraction
6.6 Lorentz Transformation
6.7 Relativistic Velocity Transformation
6.8 Relativistic Mass
6.9 Relativistic Kinetic Energy
6.10 Relativistic Energy
6.11 Relation between Momentum and Energy
*6.12 General Relativity
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PROBLEMS
PART2 THEORY OF HEAT
CHAPTER 7 TEMPERATURE
7.1 Equilibrium State
7.2 Concept of Temperature
7.3 Ideal Gas Temperature Scale
7.4 Equation of State of an Ideal Gas
SUMMARY
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PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 8 THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
8.1 Random Motion of Gas Molecules
8.2 Pressure of an Ideal Gas
8.3 Microscopic Meaning of Temperature
8.4 Equipartition Theorem of Energy
8.5 Maxwell Speed Distribution Law
8.6 Experimental Verification of Maxwell Speed Distribution Law
8.7 Isotherms of Real Gases
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PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 9 THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
9.1 Work Heat the First Law of Thermodynamics
9.2 Quasi-static Process
9.3 Heat Capacity
9.4 Adiabatic Process
9.5 Cyclic Process
9.6 Carnot Cycle
9.7 Refrigeration Cycle
SUMMARY
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PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 10 THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
10.1 Direction of Natural Processes
10.2 Interdependence of Irreversibilities
10.3 Second Law of Thermodynamics and Its MiCroscopic Meaning
10.4 Thermodynamic Probability and the Direction of Natural Processes
10.5 Boltzmanns Entropy Formula and the Principle of Entropy Increase
10.6 Clausius Entropy Formula
10.7 Entropy and Degradation of Energy
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS
PROBLEMS
DATA LIST
ANSWERS TO ALL PROBLEMS
INDEX