Applied Mathematical and Physical Formulas Pocket Reference

By Vukota Boljanovic

If formulas have always been your nemeses, this book is for you! Thoroughly practical and authoritative, this book brings together, in three parts, thousands of formulas, rules, and figures to simplify, review, or to refresh the user's memory of what he/she studied in school. This desktop reference shows how to solve every kind of math and physics problem you're likely to encounter in school and business, and it explains simply and easily how to find answers fast, learn key formulas and definitions, study quickly and learn more effectively--from fundamental mathematical rules to physical definitions and constants.

• Presents all formulas, rules, and definitions precisely, simply, and clearly.
• Covers metric units of measurement, U.S. units of measurement (USCS), tables of equivalents metrics and USCS units.
• Reviews the fundamentals of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and analytical geometry.
• Presents the application of differential equations and integral calculus.
• Solves problems concerning simple interest, compound interest, effective rate, annuity, amortization of loans, and sinking fund payment.
• Shows the comparative advantages of binomial distribution, standard distribution, Poisson distribution, and normal distribution.
• Includes most used definitions and formulas of kinematics, dynamics, statics, mechanics of fluids, thermal variable of state, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, light, and basic definition of atomic and nuclear physics.
• Offers most used fundamentals of physical constants.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Industrial Press, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 15, 2006
• ISBN: 9780831190736

Book preview

PREFACE

A comprehensive pocket reference guide giving students, engineers, toolmakers, metalworkers, and other specialists a wide range of mathematical and physical formulas in a handy format.

Great care has been taken to present all formulas concisely, simply, and clearly. All the information included is practical -- rarely used formulas are excluded.

Compactly arranged in an attractive, unique style, this reference book has just about every equation, definition, diagram, and formula that a user might want in doing undergraduate-level physics and mathematics.

Each year, these indispensable study guides will be a good help to hundreds of thousands of students to improve their test scores and final grades.

Thoroughly practical and authoritative, this book brings together in three parts more than a thousand formulas and figures to simplify review or to refresh your memory of what you studied in school. If you are in school now, and you don’t have a lot of time but want to excel in class, this book will help you brush up before tests, find answers fast, learn key formulas and geometric figures, study quickly, and learn more effectively.

The first part of the book covers the International System of Units (the SI base units, the SI derived units, the SI prefixes, and units outside the SI that are accepted for use with the SI); metric units of measurement; U.S. units of measurements; and tables of equivalent metric and United States Customary System (USCS) units.

The second part of the book covers formulas, rules, and figures related to Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Analytical Geometry, Mathematics of Finance, Calculus, and Statistics.

The third part of the book covers formulas, definitions, and figures related to Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Temperature and Heat, Electricity and Magnetism, Light, and Waves and Sound.

Students and professionals alike will find this book a very effective learning tool and reference. I am grateful to my son Sasha for valuable contributions in the preparation of this book.

Vukota Boljanovic

PART I

UNITS

Units are labels that are used to distinguish one type of measurable quantity from other types. Length, mass, and time are distinctly different physical quantities, and therefore have different unit names, such as meters, kilograms and seconds. We use several systems of units, including the metric (SI) units, the English (or US customary units), and a number of others, which are of mainly historical interest.

This part of the book contains the following:

1. International System of Units

2. Metric Units of Measurement

3. U.S. Units of Measurement

4. Tables of Equivalents

INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS

The International System of Units, abbreviated as SI, is the modernized version of the metric system established by international agreement.

1. SI Base Units

2. SI Derived Units

3. SI Derived Units with Special Names and Symbols

4. SI Derived Units Whose Names and Symbols Include SI Derived Units with Special Names and Symbols

5. Units Outside the SI that Are Accepted for Use with the SI

6. SI Prefixes

METRIC UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

The metric system was first proposed in 1791. The French Revolutionary Assembly adopted it in 1795, and the first metric standards (a standard meter bar and kilogram bar) were adopted in 1799.

7. Units of Length

8. Units of Area

9. Units of Liquid Value

10. Units of Volume

11. Units of Mass

U.S. UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

Most of the US system of measurements is the same as that for the UK. The biggest differences to be noted are in the present British gallon and bushel--known, as the Imperial gallon and Imperial bushel are, respectively, about 20 percent and 3 percent larger than the United States gallon and bushel.

12. Units of Length

13. Units of Area