Foundation Science for Engineers

✍ Scribed by Keith L. Watson (auth.)

• Publisher: Macmillan Education UK
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 391
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Quantities....Pages 1-8
Forces and Matter....Pages 9-18
Equilibrium....Pages 19-27
Pressure and Upthrust....Pages 28-36
Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration....Pages 37-46
Force and Motion....Pages 47-53
Momentum and Impulse....Pages 54-59
Work, Energy and Power....Pages 60-67
Motion in a Circle....Pages 68-77
Rotation of Solids....Pages 78-85
Simple Harmonic Motion....Pages 86-95
Mechanical Waves....Pages 96-107
Electromagnetic Waves....Pages 108-117
Front Matter....Pages 118-118
Atomic Structure and the Elements....Pages 118-128
The Nucleus....Pages 129-140
Chemical Bonding....Pages 141-150
Heat and Temperature....Pages 151-162
Heat Transfer....Pages 163-173
Gases....Pages 174-183
Liquids....Pages 184-196
Front Matter....Pages 118-118
Solids....Pages 197-205
Structure of Solids....Pages 206-220
The Nature of Ceramics....Pages 221-229
The Nature of Metals....Pages 230-240
The Nature of Polymers....Pages 241-255
Front Matter....Pages 256-256
Electric Charge....Pages 256-260
Electric Field....Pages 261-269
Capacitance....Pages 270-278
Electric Current....Pages 279-286
Resistance....Pages 287-301
Some Simple Circuits....Pages 302-315
Magnetic Fields....Pages 316-323
Electro-Magnetic Induction....Pages 324-332
Magnetic Behaviour of Materials....Pages 333-337
Alternating Current....Pages 338-346
Back Matter....Pages 347-383

✦ Subjects

Engineering, general; Science, general