- •Contents
- •Preface
- •How to use this book
- •Chapter 1 Units, constants, and conversions
- •1.1 Introduction
- •1.2 SI units
- •1.3 Physical constants
- •1.4 Converting between units
- •1.5 Dimensions
- •1.6 Miscellaneous
- •Chapter 2 Mathematics
- •2.1 Notation
- •2.2 Vectors and matrices
- •2.3 Series, summations, and progressions
- •2.5 Trigonometric and hyperbolic formulas
- •2.6 Mensuration
- •2.8 Integration
- •2.9 Special functions and polynomials
- •2.12 Laplace transforms
- •2.13 Probability and statistics
- •2.14 Numerical methods
- •Chapter 3 Dynamics and mechanics
- •3.1 Introduction
- •3.3 Gravitation
- •3.5 Rigid body dynamics
- •3.7 Generalised dynamics
- •3.8 Elasticity
- •Chapter 4 Quantum physics
- •4.1 Introduction
- •4.3 Wave mechanics
- •4.4 Hydrogenic atoms
- •4.5 Angular momentum
- •4.6 Perturbation theory
- •4.7 High energy and nuclear physics
- •Chapter 5 Thermodynamics
- •5.1 Introduction
- •5.2 Classical thermodynamics
- •5.3 Gas laws
- •5.5 Statistical thermodynamics
- •5.7 Radiation processes
- •Chapter 6 Solid state physics
- •6.1 Introduction
- •6.2 Periodic table
- •6.4 Lattice dynamics
- •6.5 Electrons in solids
- •Chapter 7 Electromagnetism
- •7.1 Introduction
- •7.4 Fields associated with media
- •7.5 Force, torque, and energy
- •7.6 LCR circuits
- •7.7 Transmission lines and waveguides
- •7.8 Waves in and out of media
- •7.9 Plasma physics
- •Chapter 8 Optics
- •8.1 Introduction
- •8.5 Geometrical optics
- •8.6 Polarisation
- •8.7 Coherence (scalar theory)
- •8.8 Line radiation
- •Chapter 9 Astrophysics
- •9.1 Introduction
- •9.3 Coordinate transformations (astronomical)
- •9.4 Observational astrophysics
- •9.5 Stellar evolution
- •9.6 Cosmology
- •Index
Chapter 3 Dynamics and mechanics
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3.1Introduction
Unusually in physics, there is no pithy phrase that sums up the study of dynamics (the way in which forces produce motion), kinematics (the motion of matter), mechanics (the study of the forces and the motion they produce), and statics (the way forces combine to produce equilibrium). We will take the phrase dynamics and mechanics to encompass all the above, although it clearly does not!
To some extent this is because the equations governing the motion of matter include some of our oldest insights into the physical world and are consequentially steeped in tradition. One of the more delightful, or for some annoying, facets of this is the occasional use of arcane vocabulary in the description of motion. The epitome must be what Goldstein1 calls “the jabberwockian sounding statement” the polhode rolls without slipping on the herpolhode lying in the invariable plane, describing “Poinsot’s construction” – a method of visualising the free motion of a spinning rigid body. Despite this, dynamics and mechanics, including fluid mechanics, is arguably the most practically applicable of all the branches of physics.
Moreover, and in common with electromagnetism, the study of dynamics and mechanics has spawned a good deal of mathematical apparatus that has found uses in other fields. Most notably, the ideas behind the generalised dynamics of Lagrange and Hamilton lie behind much of quantum mechanics.
1H. Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, 2nd ed., 1980, Addison-Wesley.
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bNote that if the total energy, E, is < 0 then e < 1 and the orbit is an ellipse (a circle if e = 0). If E = 0, then e = 1 and the orbit is a parabola. If E > 0 then e > 1 and the orbit becomes a hyperbola (see Rutherford scattering on next page).
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aCollision between two perfectly elastic spheres: m2 initially at rest, velocities c.