Force matter and energy / D.J. Williams.
By: Williams, D. J. (Donald J.).
Material type: BookPublisher: London : English Universities Press, 1974Description: 326 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0340123745.Subject(s): Physics | Force and energyDDC classification: 531Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 531 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00157061 | ||
General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 531 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00096141 |
Includes index.
The business of science: explaining or describing? -- Mass, length and time -- The interpretation of experimental data: errors and graphs -- Motion -- Force -- Forces in combination -- Forces in fluids -- Momentum and energy -- Formulae and dimensions -- Forces in equilibrium -- Forces between atoms in solids: elastic and plastic behaviour -- Forces between molecules in a liquid: surface tension -- Unbalanced force, constant in size and direction: projectiles -- Unbalanced force perpendicular to the velocity: circular motion -- Unbalanced force dependent on position: simple harmonic motion -- Unbalanced force dependent on velocity: viscosity -- Exponential decay -- Unbalanced force dependent on position and velocity: damped and forced oscillations -- Unbalanced torque and the rotational acceleration which results -- Gravitational forces.