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Обложка Tymms V. Newtonian mechanics for undergraduates. - New Jersey: World Scientific, 2016. - xiv, 254 p.: ill. - (Essential textbooks in physics; vol.1). - Bibliogr.: p.247. - Ind.: p.249-254.  - ISBN 978-1-78-634-007-8; ISSN 2059-7630
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Оглавление / Contents
 
1    Overview ................................................... 1
1.1  Introduction ............................................... 1
1.2  Why This Book is Needed .................................... 1
1.3  Who Will Benefit From This Book? ........................... 2
1.4  Assumed Prior Knowledge .................................... 2
1.5  Structure and Topics ....................................... 3
Feedback for the Author ......................................... 4

2    Introductory Concepts ...................................... 5
2.1  Quantities, Units, and Coordinate Systems .................. 5
     2.1.1  Scalar and Vector Quantities ........................ 5
     2.1.2  When Vectors Will Be Used and What Knowledge Will
            Be Assumed .......................................... 6
     2.1.3  Vector Notation in Print and in Handwriting ......... 6
     2.1.4  Knowing When a Quantity is Scalar or Vector ......... 7
     2.1.5  Units ............................................... 7
     2.1.6  Standard SI Prefixes ................................ 8
     2.1.7  Coordinate Systems .................................. 9
2.2  Time, Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration ............ 10
     2.2.1  Time ............................................... 10
     2.2.2  What is Meant By "Time is Linear and Universal"
            and Some Musing on Time Travel? .................... 10
     2.2.3  Displacement ....................................... 11
     2.2.4  Velocity ........................................... 12
     2.2.5  Acceleration ....................................... 14
2.3  Force, Mass (and Acceleration) ............................ 16
     2.3.1  Mass ............................................... 16
     2.3.2  Force .............................................. 18
     2.3.3  Relating Force, Mass, and Acceleration ............. 19
     2.3.4  F = ma as a Cause-to-Effect Ratio and Other
            Examples in Physics ................................ 19
     2.3.5  Watch out for Careless Alternative Definitions ..... 20
     2.3.6  Definitions of the Second, Metre, and Kilogram ..... 20

3    ID Motion ................................................. 21
3.1  The Equations for Constant Acceleration ................... 21
     3.1.1  Setting up the Basic Situation ..................... 21
     3.1.2  Finding x as a Function of t ....................... 25
     3.1.3  Finding v as a Function of x ....................... 26
     3.1.4  Two More Equations ................................. 27
     3.1.5  Using the Equations for Constant Acceleration ...... 28
3.2  Time-Dependent Forces ..................................... 30
3.3  Displacement-Dependent Forces ............................. 32
3.4  Velocity-Dependent Forces ................................. 35
3.5  More Complicated Forces ................................... 36

4    Newton's First and Second Laws of Motion .................. 37
4.1  Newton's First Law of Motion .............................. 37
     4.1.1  The Law is Not Valid in Accelerating Reference
            Frames ............................................. 37
     4.1.2  Nor is the Law Valid on Subatomic Scales ........... 38
4.2  Introducing Linear Momentum Before Stating Newton's
     Second Law ................................................ 39
4.3  Newton's Second Law of Motion ............................. 40
4.4  Derivation of F = ma and the Definition of the Newton ..... 41
4.5  Simple F = ma Examples for a Point Particle ............... 42
     4.5.1  No Velocity, Balanced Forces ....................... 42
     4.5.2  Constant Velocity, Balanced Forces ................. 43
     4.5.3  Constant Acceleration, Unbalanced Forces ........... 43
     4.5.4  Non-Constant Acceleration, Unbalanced Forces ....... 44
     4.5.5  Force Implies Acceleration and Acceleration
            Implies Force: Deduction and Induction ............. 44
4.6  Alternative Statements of the Laws ........................ 45

5    Types of Force and Free Body Diagrams ..................... 47
5.1  Free Body Diagrams ........................................ 47
5.2  Types of Mechanical Force ................................. 48
     5.2.1  Weight ............................................. 48
     5.2.2  Normal Contact Force ............................... 50
     5.2.3  Friction ........................................... 52
     5.2.4  Tension and Compression ............................ 57
     5.2.5  Upthrust ........................................... 60
     5.2.6  Drag Force ......................................... 61
     5.2.7  Lift ............................................... 61

6    Newton's Third Law of Motion .............................. 63
6.1  Newton's Third Law of Motion .............................. 63
6.2  Newton's Third Law Pairs .................................. 64
     6.2.1  Type 1: Long Range Forces ('Action at a
            Distance") ......................................... 64
     6.2.2  Type 2: Contact Forces ............................. 66
     6.2.3  Type 3: Fluid Pressure Difference Forces ........... 71
6.3  Misuses and Apparent Paradoxes ............................ 71
     6.3.1  Action and Reaction ................................ 71

7    Linear Momentum ........................................... 73
7.1  Linear Momentum ........................................... 73
7.2  Change in Momentum: Impulse ............................... 73
7.3  The Conservation of Linear Momentum ....................... 74
     7.3.1  Proof of the Conservation of Momentum for
            a General Two Particle System ...................... 74
     7.3.2  Conservation of Momentum for an N-Particle
            System ............................................. 75
7.4  Using the Conservation of Linear Momentum ................. 76
7.5  Splitting Momentum Into Components ........................ 79
     7.5.1  Situations with a Resultant External Force
            Along One Component ................................ 80
7.6  Two Classic Physics Puzzles ............................... 80
     7.6.1  The Sailing Boat and The Hair Dryer ................ 80
     7.6.2  The Lorry Driver and the Geese ..................... 82

8    Work, Energy and Power .................................... 85
8.1  Work ...................................................... 85
     8.1.1  Definition, Units, and Values ...................... 85
     8.1.2  More on the Angle between the Force and the
            Displacement ....................................... 86
     8.1.3  Non-Constant Forces ................................ 87
     8.1.4  Is the Work Done by Friction Positive or
            Negative? Some Words on Terrestrial Locomotion ..... 89
8.2  Energy, its Conservation, and Types of Energy ............. 90
8.3  Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem ................ 91
8.4  Power ..................................................... 93
     8.4.1  Does the Work Done When Lifting an Object Depend
            on How Fast it is Lifted? .......................... 94

9    Potential Energy .......................................... 95
9.1  Gravitational Potential Energy ............................ 95
     9.1.1  More Familiar Interpretation ....................... 98
     9.1.2  Potential Energy is Shared between Two or More
            Objects ............................................ 98
9.2  General Case in 1D ........................................ 98
9.3  Elastic Potential Energy ................................. 100
     9.3.1  Stored Energy = 1/2 × Constant × Variable2
            Formulae Appear Quite a Lot in Physics ............ 101
9.4  Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces ................. 102
     9.4.1  Introduction ...................................... 102
     9.4.2  Other Properties .................................. 103
     9.4.3  Lifting a Box ..................................... 103
9.5  Potential Wells .......................................... 104
9.6  Mass-Energy Equivalence and E = mc2 ...................... 106
     9.6.1  Mass-Energy in General ............................ 106
     9.6.2  Stretching a Spring ............................... 107
     9.6.3  Charging a Battery ................................ 108
     9.6.4  Kinetic Energy, Dissipation of Heat, and Cups of
            Tea ............................................... 108
     9.6.5  Climbing a Mountain ............................... 109
     9.6.6  Combustion, Breathing, and Weight Loss ............ 111
     9.6.7  Nuclear Reactions ................................. 113

10   Collisions and Rockets ................................... 115
10.1 Collisions ............................................... 115
     10.1.1 Elastic Collisions ................................ 116
     10.1.2 Inelastic Collisions .............................. 122
     10.1.3 Superelastic Collisions ........................... 125
10.2 Reference Frames ......................................... 126
10.3 Particle-Wall Collisions ................................. 128
10.4 Fluid Jet Pressure ....................................... 129
10.5 Rocket Propulsion ........................................ 131
     10.5.1 The Basic Principle of Rocketry ................... 131
     10.5.2 Rocket Propulsion for a Constant Velocity Fuel
            Ejection .......................................... 131

11   Motion on a Curved Path .................................. 135
11.1 Uniform Circular Motion .................................. 135
     11.1.1 General Kinematic Analysis ........................ 135
     11.1.2 What This Tells Us ................................ 137
     11.1.3 Example of An Object Travelling Around a
            Circular Banked Track ............................. 138
11.2 Motion on a General Curve with Changing Speed ............ 140
     11.2.1 More on the General Radius of Curvature and How
            to Use it with the Circular Motion Equation ....... 140
     11.2.2 Example of an Object Sliding Off a Round,
            Frictionless Hill ................................. 142

12   Simple Harmonic Motion ................................... 147
12.1 Amplitude, Period, Frequency and Angular Frequency ....... 147
12.2 Sinusoidal Oscillations .................................. 148
     12.2.1 A Simple Harmonic Oscillator Does not
            Necessarily Exhibit SHM ........................... 149
12.3 Two Examples of SHM ...................................... 150
     12.3.1  What Does "Small Angle" Mean? .................... 153
12.4 SHM and Uniform Circular Motion .......................... 153
12.5 Energy in SHM ............................................ 153
     12.5.1 Kinetic and Potential Energies .................... 153
     12.5.2 The Constant, к ................................... 155
     12.5.3 The Potential Well Approach ....................... 155
     12.5.4 Example with the Simple Pendulum Revisited ........ 156
12.6 Other Features of SHM .................................... 156

13   Gravitation .............................................. 157
13.1 Newton's Law of Gravitation .............................. 157
     13.1.1 The Gravitational Force is Weak ................... 158
     13.1.2 Point Masses ...................................... 159
     13.1.3 Example: Circular orbits about a planet (with a
            preface on Newton's cannon) ....................... 159
     13.1.4 The Inaccuracy of the Term "Weightless" ........... 162
13.2 Gravitational Field Strength ............................. 163
     13.2.1 Gravitational Field Strength and Weight ........... 163
     13.2.2 g: Gravitational Field Strength in Nkg-l or
            Acceleration Due to Gravity in ms-2? .............. 164
     13.2.3 Inertial and Gravitational Mass ................... 164
13.3 Gravitational Potential and Binding Energy ............... 165
     13.3.1 Proof of Equation 13.3 ............................ 166
     13.3.2 Escape Velocity ................................... 168
     13.3.3 Black Holes and the Schwarzschild Radius .......... 169
13.4 Gravitational Effects of A Spherical Shell ............... 169
     13.4.1 The Force on a Mass Outside a Hollow Sphere ....... 170
     13.4.2 The Force on a Mass Inside a Hollow Sphere ........ 172
13.5 Planetary Variations in Field Strength ................... 174

14   Rotational Analogues ..................................... 177
14.1 Angular Velocity ......................................... 177
14.2 Angular Acceleration ..................................... 178
14.3 Rotational Kinetic Energy and Moment of Inertia .......... 179
     14.3.1 Single Particle ................................... 179
     14.3.2 Several Particles ................................. 179
     14.3.3 Continuum of Particles ............................ 180
     14.3.4 Meaning of Moment of Inertia ...................... 181
     14.3.5 Common Examples ................................... 181
14.4 Torque ................................................... 184
     14.4.1 Rotational Equivalent of Newton's Second Law ...... 185
14.5 Angular Momentum ......................................... 186
14.6 A Bit More on Scalars, Vectors, and Tensors .............. 186
     14.6.1 Angular Velocity vs. Linear Velocity .............. 187
     14.6.2 The Moment of Inertia Tensor ...................... 188

15   Equilibrium and Balance .................................. 189
15.1 Centre of Mass ........................................... 189
     15.1.1 Discrete Particle System .......................... 189
     15.1.2 Continuum System .................................. 190
     15.1.3 L-Shaped Object ................................... 191
     15.1.4 Importance ........................................ 191
15.2 Centre of Gravity ........................................ 192
15.3 Centre of Buoyancy ....................................... 193
15.4 Equilibrium .............................................. 194
15.5 Examples of Equilibrium .................................. 195
     15.5.1 See-Saw ........................................... 195
     15.5.2 Balancing Pencil .................................. 195
     15.5.3 Leaning Ladder .................................... 196

16   Unbalanced Objects ....................................... 201
16.1 An Unbalanced Light See-Saw .............................. 201
16.2 Rigid Object Toppling About A Pivot ...................... 202
     16.2.1 The Forces ........................................ 202
     16.2.2 Unstable Equilibrium .............................. 203
     16.2.3 Stable Equilibrium ................................ 203
     16.2.4 Toppling .......................................... 204
     16.2.5 Accelerations for a Uniform Rod (with a Note on
            Why Balancing a Pencil on Your Fingertip is
            Difficult But Balancing a Broom Handle is Easy) ... 204
     16.2.6 The Tangential Linear Acceleration and a
            Surprising Result ................................. 206
     16.2.7 Energy Approach ................................... 207
     16.2.8 Variation of Forces with Angle .................... 207
     16.2.9 Oscillations About the Stable Equilibrium Point ... 209

17   Rolling and Sliding ...................................... 213
17.1 The Condition for Rolling ................................ 213
     17.1.1 Think About Riding a Bicycle ...................... 216
17.2 Rolling Friction — Why Rolling Objects Stop at All ....... 217
17.3 Rolling Down an Inclined Plane ........................... 218
     17.3.1 Analysis Using Energy ............................. 218
     17.3.2 Analysis Using Dynamics ........................... 220
     17.3.3 The Condition for No Slipping ..................... 221
17.4 An External Force Causing Rolling on a Flat Surface ...... 222

18   Angular Momentum ......................................... 227
18.1 Definition ............................................... 227
18.2 Torque and Angular Momentum .............................. 227
18.3 Moment of Inertia and Angular Momentum ................... 229
18.4 The Conservation of Angular Momentum ..................... 229
18.5 Examples of the Conservation of Angular Momentum ......... 230
     18.5.1 The Ice Skater (Or Less Agile Person Sat on
            a Rotating Platform) .............................. 230
     18.5.2 The Bicycle Wheel Variant ......................... 232
     18.5.3 Turning Yourself Around Without Translational
            Motion on An Ice Rink ............................. 232
     18.5.4 The Physics of the Falling Cat .................... 233
     18.5.5 Kepler's Second Law ............................... 234

19   Angular Momentum, Gyroscopes, and Precession ............. 237
19.1 The Gyroscope ............................................ 237
19.2 Application of Torque about the Pivot to a Spinning
     Gyro ..................................................... 238
19.3 Precession Formula ....................................... 241
19.4 Analogy with Linear Circular Motion ...................... 242
19.5 Analysis of Precession in Terms of Forces and
     Velocities ............................................... 243
19.6 Precession is Nothing to do with the Conservation
     of Angular Momentum ...................................... 243
19.7 More Subtle Features of Gyroscopic Motion ................ 245
19.8 The Earth's Precession ................................... 245
19.9 Examples and Uses of Gyroscopic Motion ................... 246

Bibliography .................................................. 247
Index ......................................................... 249


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