Fundamentals of Physics, Part 2 (Chapters 12-20)

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Fundamentals of Physics, Part 2 (Chapters 12-20), by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker, pp. 304. ISBN 0-471-42962-7.

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Chapter 12 Equilibrium and Elasticity.
What injury can occur to a rock climber hanging by a crimp hold?
12-1 What Is Physics?
12-2 Equilibrium.
12-3 The Requirements of Equilibrium.
12-4 The Center of Gravity.
12-5 Some Examples of Static Equilibrium.
12-6 Indeterminate Structures.
12-7 Elasticity.
Review & Summary Questions Problems.
Chapter 13 Gravitation.
What lies at the center of our Milky Way galaxy?
13-1 What Is Physics?
13-2 Newton's Law of Gravitation.
13-3 Gravitation and the Principle of Superposition.
13-4 Gravitation Near Earth's Surface.
13-5 Gravitation Inside Earth.
13-6 Gravitational Potential Energy.
13-7 Planets and Satellites: Kepler's Laws.
13-8 Satellites: Orbits and Energy.
13-9 Einstein and Gravitation.
Review & Summary Questions Problems.
Chapter 14 Fluids.
What causes ground effect in race car driving?
14-1 What Is Physics?
14-2 What Is a Fluid?
14-3 Density and Pressure.
14-4 Fluids at Rest.
14-5 Measuring Pressure.
14-6 Pascal's Principle.
14-7 Archimedes' Principle.
14-8 Ideal Fluids in Motion.
14-9 The Equation of Continuity.
14-10 Bernoulli's Equation.
Review & SummaryQuestionsProblems.
Chapter 15 Oscillations.
What is the "secret" of a skilled diver's high catapult in
springboard diving?
15-1 What Is Physics?
15-2 Simple Harmonic Motion.
15-3 The Force Law for Simple Harmonic Motion.
15-4 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion.
15-5 An Angular Simple Harmonic Oscillator.
15-6 Pendulums.
15-7 Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion.
15-8 Damped Simple Harmonic Motion.
15-9 Forced Oscillations and Resonance.
Review & Summary Questions Problems.
Chapter 16 Waves--I.
How can a submarine wreck be located by distant seismic
stations?
16-1 What Is Physics?
16-2 Types of Waves.
16-3 Transverse and Longitudinal Waves.
16-4 Wavelength and Frequency.
16-5 The Speed of a Traveling Wave.
16-6 Wave Speed on a Stretched String.
16-7 Energy and Power of a Wave Traveling Along a String.
16-8 The Wave Equation.
16-9 The Principle of Superposition for Waves.
16-10 Interference of Waves.
16-11 Phasors.
16-12 Standing Waves.
16-13 Standing Waves and Resonance.
Review & Summary Questions Problems.
Chapter 17 Waves--II.
How can an emperor penguin .nd its mate among thousands of huddled penguins?
17-1 What Is Physics?
17-2 Sound Waves.
17-3 The Speed of Sound.
17-4 Traveling Sound Waves.
17-5 Interference.
17-6 Intensity and Sound Level.
17-7 Sources of Musical Sound.
17-8 Beats.
17-9 The Doppler Effect.
17-10 Supersonic Speeds, Shock Waves.
Review & Summary Questions Problems.
Chapter 18 Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics.
How can a dead rattlesnake detect and strike a reaching hand?
18-1 What Is Physics?.
18-2 Temperature.
18-3 The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.
18-4 Measuring Temperature.
18-5 The Celsius and Fahrenheit Scales.
18-6 Thermal Expansion.
18-7 Temperature and Heat.
18-8 The Absorption of Heat by Solids and Liquids.
18-9 A Closer Look at Heat and Work.
18-10 The First Law of Thermodynamics.
18-11 Some Special Cases of the First Law of Thermodynamics.
18-12 Heat Transfer Mechanisms.
Review & Summary Questions Problems.
Chapter 19 The Kinetic Theory of Gases.
How can cooling steam inside a railroad tank car cause the car to be crushed?
19-1 What Is Physics?
19-2 Avogadro's Number.
19-3 Ideal Gases.
19-4 Pressure, Temperature, and RMS Speed.
19-5 Translational Kinetic Energy.
19-6 Mean Free Path.
19-7 The Distribution of Molecular Speeds.
19-8 The Molar Speci.c Heats of an Ideal Gas.
19-9 Degrees of Freedom and Molar Speci.c Heats.
19-10 A Hint of Quantum Theory.
19-11 The Adiabatic Expansion of an Ideal Gas.
Review & Summary Questions Problems.
Chapter 20 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
Why is the popping of popcorn irreversible?
20-1 What Is Physics?
20-2 Irreversible Processes and Entropy.
20-3 Change in Entropy.
20-4 The Second Law of Thermodynamics.
20-5 Entropy in the Real World: Engines.
20-6 Entropy in the Real World: Refrigerators.
20-7 The Ef.ciencies of Real Engines.
20-8 A Statistical View of Entropy.
Review & Summary Questions Problems.
Appendices.
A The International System of Units (SI).
B Some Fundamental Constants of Physics.
C Some Astronomical Data.
D Conversion Factors.
E Mathematical Formulas.
F Properties of the Elements.
G Periodic Table of the Elements.
Answers to Checkpoints and Odd-Numbered Questions and Problems.
Index.

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