Sudhir Ranjan Jain

Mechanics, Waves and Thermodynamics

An Example-Based Approach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book covers concepts of mechanics, waves and thermodynamics with the help of examples. The text is useful for undergraduate students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 192mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9781107145191
• ISBN-10: 1107145198
• Artikelnr.: 44829280

Autorenporträt

Sudhir R. Jain is Scientific Officer, Nuclear Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. He was a visiting researcher at the Universitè Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (1995-6), Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands (2006) and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland (2005). He received his PhD from the University of Mumbai while working at the Theoretical Physics Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. He has published a number of articles in national and international journals. His areas of interest are nonlinear dynamics and quantum chaos, statistical physics, nuclear theory, and mathematical physics.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures
Preface
Acknowledgement
1. Energy, mass, momentum
2. Kinematics, Newton's laws of motion
3. Circular motion
4. The principle of least action
5. Work and energy
6. Mechanics of a system of particles
7. Friction
8. Impulse and collisions
9. Central forces
10. Dimensional analysis
11. Oscillations
12. Waves
13. Sound of music
14. Fluid mechanics
15. Water waves
16. The kinetic theory of gases
17. Concepts and laws of thermodynamics
18. Some applications of thermodynamics
19. Basic ideas of statistical mechanics
Bibliography
Index.