Physics for Engineering



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About the Book: Physics for Science and Engineering Students by Peter Nolan provides a strong foundation in the principles of physics for students of science and engineering who are concurrently taking an introductory calculus course. The emphasis throughout the book is on clarity. The book starts out at a simple level, and gradually advances as students’ understanding and ability with calculus grows. The book contains many of the intermediate steps that are often left out of derivations and example problems in many traditional textbooks. Students new to physics often find it difficult to follow derivations when the intermediate steps are left out. Dr. Nolan carefully and completely shows students each step, from start to finish. Every worked example in the textbook is linked to an Interactive Example. The Interactive Examples allow the student to make variations to the example problem and immediately be provided with a detailed solution which includes all the in-between steps and calculations. This permits the student to solve the example problem many times over with different initial values, and also allows “what if” scenarios to be quickly performed; i.e., what if the angle, mass, or force were changed? This unique feature makes the book the first truly interactive physics textbook (Microsoft Excel must be installed on computer). Each chapter also contains Interactive Tutorials — a series of physics problems much like the Interactive Examples, but are more detailed and more generalized. • Text is comprised of 38 Chapters, 1200 pages, and over 1000 photographs and illustrations. • Contains a wealth of end-of-chapter questions and problems ranging in difficulty from very simple to very challenging. Problem sets are grouped according to the section where the topic is covered. • A series of essays entitled Have you ever wondered? appear throughout the text discussing the application of physics to interesting areas such as meteorology, astronomy, aviation, space travel, health sciences, the environment, philosophy, and sports. • A section called The Language of Physics, found at the end of each chapter, summarizes the most important ideas and definitions discussed in that chapter. School Site License Option: Physics for Science and Engineering Students textbook on CD may be purchased as a single copy, or by way of a school site license providing a low-cost alternative for textbook adoption. The school site license allows a school to make available to students as many textbooks as needed whenever they're needed — printed versions or on-screen versions. The textbook site license provides the following rights to an individual school and its enrolled students: i) Printing Duplication Rights: Print as many hardcopies of the textbook as needed for distribution to students. With the PDF format, hardcopies can be printed from any computer with a laser printer, or printed by your school's main printing facility. Individual chapters can be selected for printing so that you print only material that will be covered. ii) CD Duplication Rights: Duplicate as many copies of the CD version of the textbook (PDF files) as needed for distribution to students. Students have the option to view the textbook on a computer screen or print their own hardcopy book. iii) Online/Local Network Rights: Upload the textbook PDF files to your school's website or computer network for easy student access. (Site License strictly requires password protection be utilized.) iv) Perpetual License is granted with no renewal fees or expiration.

Contents

Preface Computer Assisted Instruction Part One Mechanics 1 Introduction and Measurements 1.1 Historical Background 1.2 The Realm of Physics 1.3 Physics is a Science of Measurement 1.4 The Fundamental Quantities 1.5 The Standard of Length 1.6 The Standard of Mass 1.7 The Standard of Time 1.8 The Standard of Electrical Charge 1.9 Systems of Units 1.10 Conversion Factors 1.11 Derived Quantities 1.12 Measurements, Significant Figures and Propagation of Errors Interactive Tutorials 2 Kinematics in One Dimension 2.1 Kinematics - The Study of Motion 2.2 Experimental Description of a Moving Body 2.3 A Body Moving at Constant Velocity 2.4 A Body Moving at Constant Acceleration 2.5 The Instantaneous Velocity of a Moving Body 2.6 The Kinematic Equations 2.7 The Freely Falling Body 2.8 Determination of Your Reaction Time by a Freely Falling Body 2.9 Projectile Motion in One Dimension 2.10 Calculus and Kinematics Essay: Kinematics and Traffic Congestion Hints for Problem Solving Interactive Tutorials 3 Vectors 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Displacement 3.3 Vector Algebra — Addition of Vectors 3.4 Vector Subtraction — Negative of a Vector 3.5 Addition of Vectors by the Polygon Method 3.6 Resolution of a Vector into its Components 3.7 Determination of a Vector from its Components 3.8 Unit Vectors 3.9 Addition of Vectors by the Component Method 3.10 The Multiplication of Vectors 3.11 The Scalar Product or Dot Product 3.12 The Vector Product or Cross Product Interactive Tutorials 4 Kinematics in Two Dimensions 4.1 The Kinematic Equations in Vector Form 4.2 Projectile Motion in Two Dimensions 4.3 Calculus and Kinematics in Two Dimensions 4.4 Uniform Circular Motion 4.5 Centripetal Acceleration and its Direction 4.6 Angles Measured in Radians 4.7 The Magnitude of Centripetal Acceleration 4.8 Nonuniform Circular Motion Interactive Tutorials 5 Newton’s Laws of Motion 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Newton's First Law of Motion 5.3 Newton's Third Law of Motion 5.4 Newton's Second Law of Motion 5.5 Applications of Newton's Second Law Essay: Physics in Sports Interactive Tutorials 6 Newton's Laws of Motion with Friction 6.1 Friction 6.2 Applications of Newton’s Second Law Taking Friction into Account 6.3 A Falling Body With Air Resistance 6.4 Centripetal Force 6.5 Centrifugal Force 6.6 Examples of Centripetal Force Interactive Tutorials 7 Energy and its Conservation 7.1 Energy 7.2 Work 7.3 Work Done by a Variable Force 7.4 Power 7.5 Potential Energy 7.6 Kinetic Energy 7.7 The Conservation of Energy 7.8 Further Analysis of the Conservation of Energy Essay: The Great Pyramids Interactive Tutorials 8 Momentum and its Conservation 8.1 Momentum 8.2 The Law of Conservation of Momentum 8.3 Examples of Conservation of Momentum 8.4 Impulse 8.5 Collisions in One Dimension 8.6 Collisions in Two Dimensions 8.7 The Center of Mass 8.8 Systems with Variable Mass — The Rocket Interactive Tutorials 9 Rotational Motion 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Rotational Kinematics 9.3 The Kinetic Energy of Rotation 9.4 Moment of Inertia 9.5 Concept of Torque 9.6 Newton's Laws for Rotational Motion 9.7 Rotational Dynamics 9.8 Angular Momentum and its Conservation 9.9 Combined Translational and Rotational Motion Treated by the Conservation of Energy 9.10 Work in Rotational Motion Essay: Attitude Control of Airplanes and Spaceships Interactive Tutorials 10 Gravitation — Planetary and Satellite Motion 10.1 Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation 10.2 Acceleration Due to Gravity and Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation 10.3 Variation of Acceleration Due to Gravity 10.4 Acceleration Due to Gravity on the Moon and Other Planets 10.5 Generalization of the Formulation for Gravitational Potential Energy 10.6 Planetary Motion 10.7 Satellite Motion 10.8 Space Travel Interactive Tutorials 11 Equilibrium 11.1 The First Condition of Equilibrium 11.2 The Second Condition of Equilibrium 11.3 Equilibrium of a Rigid Body 11.4 Examples of Rigid Bodies in Equilibrium Essay: Traction Interactive Tutorials Part Two Vibratory Motion, Wave Motion, and Fluids 12 Elasticity 12.1 The Atomic Nature of Elasticity 12.2 Hooke's Law — Stress and Strain 12.3 Hooke's Law for a Spring 12.4 Elasticity of Shape — Shear 12.5 Elasticity of Volume Interactive Tutorials 13 Simple Harmonic Motion 13.1 Introduction to Periodic Motion 13.2 Simple Harmonic Motion 13.3 Analysis of Simple Harmonic Motion – The Reference Circle 13.4 Conservation of Energy and a Vibrating Spring 13.5 The Simple Pendulum 13.6 Springs in Parallel and in Series Interactive Tutorials 14 Wave Motion 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Mathematical Representation of a Wave 14.3 Speed of a Transverse Wave on a String 14.4 Reflection of a Wave at a Boundary 14.5 The Principle of Superposition 14.6 Standing Waves on a String 14.7 Sound Waves 14.8 The Doppler Effect 14.9 Transmission of Energy in a Wave and the Intensity of a Wave Essay: Production and Reception of Human Sound Interactive Tutorials 15 Fluids 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Density 15.3 Pressure 15.4 Pascal's Principle 15.5 Archimedes' Principle 15.6 The Equation of Continuity 15.7 Bernoulli's Theorem 15.8 Application of Bernoulli's Theorem Essay: Flow of Blood in the Human Body Interactive Tutorials Part Three Thermodynamics 16 Temperature and Heat 16.1 Temperature 16.2 Heat 16.3 Specific Heat 16.4 Calorimetry 16.5 Change of Phase Interactive Tutorials 17 Thermal Expansion and the Gas Laws 17.1 Linear Expansion of Solids 17.2 Area Expansion of Solids 17.3 Volume Expansion of Solids and Liquids 17.4 Volume Expansion of Gases: Charles' Law 17.5 Gay-Lussac's Law 17.6 Boyle's Law 17.7 The Ideal Gas Law 17.8 The Kinetic Theory of Gases Essay: Relative Humidity & Cooling of Human Body Interactive Tutorials 18 Heat Transfer 18.1 Heat Transfer 18.2 Convection 18.3 Conduction 18.4 Radiation Essay: Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming Interactive Tutorials 19 Thermodynamics 19.1 Introduction 19.2 The Concept of Work Applied to a Thermodynamic System 19.3 Heat Added to or Removed from a Thermodynamic System 19.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics 19.5 Special Cases of the First Law of Thermodynamics 19.6 The Gasoline Engine 19.7 The Ideal Heat Engine 19.8 The Carnot Cycle 19.9 The Second Law of Thermodynamics 19.10 Entropy 19.11 Statistical Interpretation of Entropy Essay: Meteorology – Physics of the Atmosphere Interactive Tutorials Part Four Electricity and Magnetism 20 Electrostatics 20.1 Introduction 20.2 Separation of Electric Charge by Rubbing 20.3 Atomic Structure 20.4 Measurement of Electric Charge 20.5 Coulomb's Law 20.6 Multiple Discrete Charges 20.7 Forces Caused by a Continuous Distribution of Charge Interactive Tutorials 21 Electric Fields 21.1 The Electric Field 21.2 The Electric Field of a Point Charge 21.3 Superposition of Electric Fields for Multiple Discrete Charges 21.4 Electric Field along the Perpendicular Bisector of an Electric Dipole 21.5 The Torque on a Dipole in an External Electric Field 21.6 Electric Fields of Continuous Charge Distributions 21.7 Electric Field on Axis of a Charged Rod 21.8 Electric Field on Axis for a Ring of Charge 21.9 Electric Field on Axis for a Disk of Charge 21.10 Dynamics of a Charged Particle in an Electric Field Interactive Tutorials 22 Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law 22.1 Introduction 22.2 Electric Flux 22.3 Gauss’s Law for Electricity 22.4 Electric Field of a Spherically Symmetric Uniform Charge Distribution 22.5 Electric Field of an Infinite Line of Charge 22.6 Electric Field of an Infinite Plane Sheet of Charge 22.7 Electric Field Inside a Conducting Body 22.8 Electric Field Between Two Oppositely Charged Parallel Conducting Plates Interactive Tutorials	23 The Electric Potential 23.1 Potential Energy 23.2 Electric Potential and Potential Difference 23.3 Generalization of the Formulation for Potential Difference 23.4 The Potential of a Positive Point Charge 23.5 Superposition of Potentials for Multiple Discrete Charges 23.6 The Potential of an Electric Dipole 23.7 The Potential Energy of an Electric Dipole in an External Electric Field 23.8 The Potential for a Continuous Distribution of Charge 23.9 The Potential on Axis for a Charged Rod 23.10 The Potential on Axis for a Ring of Charge 23.11 The Potential on Axis for a Disk of Charge 23.12 The Battery — Source of Potential Differences Interactive Tutorials 24 Electric Currents and DC Circuits 24.1 Electric Current 24.2 Ohm's Law 24.3 Resistivity 24.4 Variation of Resistance with Temperature 24.5 Conservation of Energy and the Electric Circuit — Power Expended in a Circuit 24.6 Resistors in Series 24.7 Resistors in Parallel 24.8 Combinations of Resistors in Series and Parallel 24.9 The Electromotive Force and the Internal Resistance of a Battery 24.10 Making an Ammeter and Voltmeter from a Galvanometer 24.11 The Wheatstone Bridge 24.12 Kirchhoff's Rules Interactive Tutorials 25 Capacitance 25.1 Introduction 25.2 The Parallel Plate Capacitor 25.3 The Cylindrical Capacitor 25.4 The Spherical Capacitor 25.5 Energy Stored in a Capacitor 25.6 Capacitors in Series 25.7 Capacitors in Parallel 25.8 Combinations of Capacitors in Series and Parallel 25.9 Capacitors with Dielectrics Placed between the Plates 25.10 Atomic Description of a Dielectric 25.11 Charging and Discharging a Capacitor Interactive Tutorials 26 Magnetism 26.1 Force on a Charge in a Magnetic Field — Definition of the Magnetic Field B 26.2 Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor in an External Magnetic Field 26.3 Force on a Semicircular Wire Carrying a Current in an External Magnetic Field 26.4 Generation of a Magnetic Field 26.5 The Biot-Savart Law 26.6 The Magnetic Field at the Center of a Circular Current Loop 26.7 Magnetic Field on Axis for a Circular Current Loop 26.8 Ampère's Circuital Law 26.9 The Magnetic Field Around a Long Straight Wire by Ampere’s Law 26.10 Force between Parallel, Current-Carrying Conductors — Definition of the Ampere 26.11 The Magnetic Field Inside a Solenoid 26.12 Magnetic Field Inside a Toroid 26.13 Torque on a Current Loop in an External Magnetic Field — Magnetic Dipole Moment 26.14 Applications of the Torque on a Current Loop in an External Magnetic Field 26.15 Permanent Magnets and Atomic Magnets 26.16 The Potential Energy of a Magnetic Dipole in an External Magnetic Field 26.17 Magnetic Flux 26.18 Gauss’s Law for Magnetism Interactive Tutorials 27 Electromagnetic Induction 27.1 Introduction 27.2 Motional emf and Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction 27.3 Lenz's Law 27.4 Induced emf in Rotating Loop of Wire in a Magnetic Field — Alternating emf’s and the AC Generator 27.5 Mutual Induction 27.6 Self-Induction 27.7 The Energy Stored in the Magnetic Field of an Inductor 27.8 Comparison of the Electrostatic Field and the Induced Electric Field 27.9 Generalization of Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction Interactive Tutorials 28 Alternating Current Circuits 28.1 Introduction 28.2 The Effective Current and Voltage in an AC Circuit 28.3 An RLC Series Circuit 28.4 Resonance in an RLC Series Circuit 28.5 Power in an AC Circuit 28.6 An RLC Parallel Circuit 28.7 The Transformer Essay: Metal Detectors at Airports Interactive Tutorials 29 Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves 29.1 Introduction 29.2 The Displacement Current and Ampère's Law 29.3 Ampere’s Law with the Displacement Current Term 29.4 Faraday’s Law Revisited 29.5 Maxwell’s Equations in Integral Form 29.6 Electromagnetic Waves 29.7 The Production of an Electromagnetic Wave — An Oscillating Dipole 29.8 The Propagation of an Electromagnetic Wave 29.9 The Speed of an Electromagnetic Wave 29.10 The Electromagnetic Spectrum 29.11 Energy Transmitted by an Electromagnetic Wave Interactive Tutorials Part Five Light and Optics 30 The Law of Reflection 30.1 Light as an Electromagnetic Wave 30.2 The Law of Reflection 30.3 The Plane Mirror 30.4 The Concave Spherical Mirror 30.5 The Convex Spherical Mirror Interactive Tutorials 31 The Law of Refraction 31.1 Refraction 31.2 The Law of Refraction 31.3 Apparent Depth of an Object Immersed in Water 31.4 Refraction through Parallel Faces 31.5 Total Internal Reflection 31.6 Dispersion 31.7 Thin Lenses 31.8 Ray Tracing and Standard Rays 31.9 The Lens Equation 31.10 Some Special Cases for the Convex Lens 31.11 Combinations of Lenses 31.12 Thin Lenses in Contact 31.13 Optical Instruments Essay: Nature's Camera — The Human Eye Interactive Tutorials 32 Physical Optics 32.1 Introduction 32.2 The Interference of Light — Young’s Double-Slit Experiment 32.3 The Interference of Light — The Michelson Interferometer 32.4 Interference--Thin Films 32.5 Diffraction from a Single Slit 32.6 The Diffraction Grating Interactive Tutorials Part Six Modern Physics 33 Special Relativity 33.1 Introduction to Relative Motion 33.2 The Galilean Transformations of Classical Physics 33.3 The Invariance of the Mechanical Laws of Physics under a Galilean Transformation 33.4 Electromagnetism and the Ether 33.5 The Michelson-Morley Experiment 33.6 The Postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity 33.7 The Lorentz Transformation 33.8 The Lorentz-Fitzgerald Contraction 33.9 Time Dilation 33.10 Transformation of Velocities 33.11 The Law of Conservation of Momentum and Relativistic Mass 33.12 The Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy Interactive Tutorials 34 Spacetime and General Relativity 34.1 Spacetime Diagrams 34.2 The Invariant Interval 34.3 The General Theory of Relativity 34.4 The Bending of Light in a Gravitational Field 34.5 The Advance of the Perihelion of the Planet Mercury 34.6 The Gravitational Red Shift 34.7 The Shapiro Experiment Essay: The Black Hole Interactive Tutorials 35 Quantum Physics 35.1 The Particle Nature of Waves 35.2 Blackbody Radiation 35.3 The Photoelectric Effect 35.4 The Properties of the Photon 35.5 The Compton Effect 35.6 The Wave Nature of Particles 35.7 The Wave Representation of a Particle 35.8 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle 35.9 Different Forms of the Uncertainty Principle 35.10 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and Virtual Particles 35.11 The Gravitational Red Shift by the Theory of Quanta 35.12 An Accelerated Clock Interactive Tutorials 36 Atomic Physics 36.1 The History of the Atom 36.2 The Bohr Theory of the Atom 36.3 The Bohr Theory and Atomic Spectra 36.4 The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Hydrogen Atom 36.5 The Magnetic Moment of the Hydrogen Atom 36.6 The Zeeman Effect 36.7 Electron Spin 36.8 The Pauli Exclusion Principle and the Periodic Table of the Elements Essay: Is This World Real or Just an Illusion? Interactive Tutorials 37 Nuclear Physics 37.1 Introduction 37.2 Nuclear Structure 37.3 Radioactive Decay Law 37.4 Forms of Radioactivity 37.5 Radioactive Series 37.6 Energy in Nuclear Reactions 37.7 Nuclear Fission 37.8 Nuclear Fusion 37.9 Nucleosynthesis Essay: Radioactive Dating Interactive Tutorials 38 Elementary Particle Physics and Unification of the Forces 38.1 Introduction 38.2 Particles and Antiparticles 38.3 The Four Forces of Nature 38.4 Quarks 38.5 The Electromagnetic Force 38.6 The Weak Nuclear Force 38.7 The Electroweak Force 38.8 The Strong Nuclear Force 38.9 Grand Unified Theories (GUT) 38.10 The Gravitational Force and Quantum Gravity 38.11 The Superforce — Unification of All the Forces Essay: Big Bang Theory — Creation of the Universe Appendix Epilogue Appendix A Conversion Factors Appendix B Useful Mathematical Formulas Appendix C Table of Integrals Appendix D Physical Constants Appendix E Table of the Elements Bibliography


About the Author: Dr. Peter Nolan is a Professor of Physics at the State University of New York, Farmingdale, where he has taught college physics for the past forty years. He has received numerous awards and national recognition including the Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching, and being named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers. In addition to this book, he has also written the following textbooks: The Fundamentals of College Physics, Experiments in College Physics, and Electromagnetic Theory for Electrical Technology Students.