Conservation Laws

Benjamin Crowell
171 pages (Fall 2006); 7.9MB download
Benjamin Crowell; ISBN: 0-9704670-2-8

DESCRIPTION

Conservation Laws: Book 2 in the Light and Matter Series of Physics Textbooks

Contents

1.0 Conservation of Energy
1.1 The Search for a Perpetual Motion Machine
1.2 Energy
1.3 A Numerical Scale of Energy
1.4 Kinetic Energy
1.5 Power

2.0 Simplifying the Energy Zoo
2.1 Heat is Kinetic Energy
2.2 Potential Energy: Energy of Distance or Closeness
2.3 All Energy is Potential or Kinetic

3.0 Work: The Transfer of Mechanical Energy
3.1 Work: The Transfer of Mechanical Energy
3.2 Work in Three Dimensions
3.3 Varying Force
3.4 Applications of Calculus
3.5 Work and Potential Energy
3.6 When Does Work Equal Force Times Distance?
3.7 The Dot Product

4.0 Conservation of Momentum
4.1 Momentum
4.2 Collisions in One Dimension
4.3 Relationship of Momentum to the Center of Mass
4.4 Momentum Transfer
4.5 Momentum in Three Dimensions
4.6 Applications of Calculus

5.0 Conservation of Angular Momentum
5.1 Conservation of Angular Momentum
5.2 Angular Momentum in Planetary Motion
5.3 Two Theorems About Angular Momentum
5.4 Torque: the Rate of Transfer of Angular Momentum
5.5 Statics
5.6 Simple Machines: The Lever

A.0 Thermodynamics (optional)
A.1 Pressure and Temperature
A.2 Microscopic Description of an Ideal Gas
A.3 Entropy

Index

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