University Physics I: Classical Mechanics

University Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Is a  textbook written by Julio Gea-Banacloche

About the Book

This is a “minimalist” textbook for a first semester of university, calculus-based physics, covering classical mechanics (including one chapter on mechanical waves, but excluding fluids), plus a brief introduction to thermodynamics. The presentation owes much to Mazur’s The Principles and Practice of Physics: conservation laws, momentum and energy, are introduced before forces, and one-dimensional setups are thoroughly explored before two-dimensional systems are considered. It contains both problems and worked-out examples.

About the Contributors

Author

Julio Gea-Banacloche, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Table of Contents

• 1 Reference frames, displacement, and velocity
• 2 Acceleration
• 3 Momentum and Inertia
• 4 Kinetic Energy
• 5 Interactions and energy
• 6 Interactions, part 2: Forces
• 7 Impulse, Work and Power
• 8 Motion in two dimensions
• 9 Rotational dynamics
• 10 Gravity
• 11 Simple harmonic motion
• 12 Waves in one dimension
• 13 Thermodynamics