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Synopsis
The companion volume to "Foundation Mathematics for Engineers", this book provides the reader with the necessary grounding, principally in physics which will allow them to subsequently embark on an engineering degree course. It is written for the foundation year now common in many higher education institutions. Together, they offer a complete package for the 12-month course, providing all the theory, and reinforcing it with numerous worked examples, problems and illustrations of application.
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Contents:
Preface
Part 1: FORCE, MATTER AND MOTION
Topic 1: Quantities
Topic 2: Forces and Matter
Topic 3: Equilibrium
Topic 4: Pressure and Upthrust
Topic 5: Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
Topic 6: Force and Motion
Topic 7: Momentum and Impulse
Topic 8: Work, Energy and Power
Topic 9: Motion in a Circle
Topic 10: Rotation of Solids
Topic 11: Simple Harmonic Motion
Topic 12: Mechanical Waves
Topic 13: Electromagnetic Waves
PART 2: STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF MATTER
Topic 14: Atomic Structure and the Elements
Topic 15: The Nucleus
Topic 16: Chemical Bonding
Topic 17: Heat and Temperature
Topic 18: Heat Transfer
Topic 19: Gases
Topic 20: Liquids
Topic 21: Solids
Topic 22: Structure of Solids
Topic 23: The Nature of Ceramics
Topic 24: The Nature of Metals
Topic 25: The Nature of Polymers
Further Questions
PART 3: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
Topic 26: Electric Charge
Topic 27: Electric Field
Topic 28: Capacitance
Topic 29: Electric Current
Topic 30: Resistance
Topic 31: Some Simple Circuits
Topic 32: Magnetic Fields
Topic 33: Electromagnetic Induction
Topic 34: Magnetic Behaviour of Materials
Topic 35: Alternating Current
Appendix Calculating Technique
Answers to Questions
Index
About the Author
Dr KEITH WATSON lectures at the University of Portsmouth and has taught engineering and diploma students for more than twenty-five years. He has taught on the engineering foundation course at Portsmouth since its inception in 1988.
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0333554779
- ISBN 13 9780333554777
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages319
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