Fundamentals of physics. Part 2

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Chapter 12 Equilibrium and Elasticity.What injury can occur to a rock climber hanging by a crimp hold?12-1 What Is Physics?12-2 Equilibrium.12-3 The Requirements of Equilibrium.12-4 The Center of Gravity.12-5 Some Examples of Static Equilibrium.12-6 Indeterminate Structures.12-7 Elasticity.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 13 Gravitation.What lies at the center of our Milky Way galaxy?13-1 What Is Physics?13-2 Newtons Law of Gravitation.13-3 Gravitation and the Principle of Superposition.13-4 Gravitation Near Earths Surface.13-5 Gravitation Inside Earth.13-6 Gravitational Potential Energy.13-7 Planets and Satellites: Keplers Laws.13-8 Satellites: Orbits and Energy.13-9 Einstein and Gravitation.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 14 Fluids.What causes ground effect in race car driving?14-1 What Is Physics?14-2 What Is a Fluid?14-3 Density and Pressure.14-4 Fluids at Rest.14-5 Measuring Pressure.14-6 Pascals Principle.14-7 Archimedes Principle.14-8 Ideal Fluids in Motion.14-9 The Equation of Continuity.14-10 Bernoullis Equation.Review & SummaryQuestionsProblems.Chapter 15 Oscillations.What is the \"secret\" of a skilled divers high catapult inspringboard diving?15-1 What Is Physics?15-2 Simple Harmonic Motion.15-3 The Force Law for Simple Harmonic Motion.15-4 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion.15-5 An Angular Simple Harmonic Oscillator.15-6 Pendulums.15-7 Simple Harmonic Motion and Uniform Circular Motion.15-8 Damped Simple Harmonic Motion.15-9 Forced Oscillations and Resonance.Review & SummaryQuestionsProblems.Chapter 16 WavesI.How can a submarine wreck be located by distant seismicstations?16-1 What Is Physics?16-2 Types of Waves.16-3 Transverse and Longitudinal Waves.16-4 Wavelength and Frequency.16-5 The Speed of a Traveling Wave.16-6 Wave Speed on a Stretched String.16-7 Energy and Power of a Wave Traveling Along a String.16-8 The Wave Equation.16-9 The Principle of Superposition for Waves.16-10 Interference of Waves.16-11 Phasors.16-12 Standing Waves.16-13 Standing Waves and Resonance.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 17 WavesII.How can an emperor penguin .nd its mate among thousands of huddled penguins?17-1 What Is Physics?17-2 Sound Waves.17-3 The Speed of Sound.17-4 Traveling Sound Waves.17-5 Interference.17-6 Intensity and Sound Level.17-7 Sources of Musical Sound.17-8 Beats.17-9 The Doppler Effect.17-10 Supersonic Speeds, Shock Waves.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 18 Temperature, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics.How can a dead rattlesnake detect and strike a reaching hand?18-1 What Is Physics'.18-2 Temperature.18-3 The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics.18-4 Measuring Temperature.18-5 The Celsius and Fahrenheit Scales.18-6 Thermal Expansion.18-7 Temperature and Heat.18-8 The Absorption of Heat by Solids and Liquids.18-9 A Closer Look at Heat and Work.18-10 The First Law of Thermodynamics.18-11 Some Special Cases of the First Law of Thermodynamics.18-12 Heat Transfer Mechanisms.Review & Summary Questions Problems.Chapter 19 The Kinetic Theory of Gases.How can cooling steam inside a railroad tank car cause the car to be crushed?19-1 What Is Physics?19-2 Avogadros Number.19-3 Ideal Gases.19-4 Pressure, Temperature, and RMS Speed.19-5 Translational Kinetic Energy.19-6 Mean Free Path.19-7 The Distribution of Molecular Speeds.19-8 The Molar Speci.c Heats of an Ideal Gas.19-9 Degrees of Freedom and Molar Speci.c Heats.19-10 A Hint of Quantum Theory.