we live but for some reason or another haven’t been revealed to the general population. Quantum physics is the study of all physics that is smaller than an atom. It has been notorious for being one of the most confessing concepts of our universe. One quantum physicist‚ Richard Feynman even went as far as saying‚ “I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. To better understand Quantum physics it is best if one thinks of it as having a separate universe from ours with that
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Chapter Objectives To show how to use the method of sections for determining the internal loadings in a member. To introduce the concepts of normal and shear stress. To analyse and design members subject to axial load and direct shear. To define normal and shear strain‚ and show how they can be determined for various types of problems. Copyright © 2011 Pearson Education South Asia Pte Ltd In-Class Activities • • • • • • • • Reading Quiz Applications Normal Stress Shear Stress Normal
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Chapter 8 Flow in Pipes 8-76E Solution The flow rate through a piping system between a river and a storage tank is given. The power input to the pump is to be determined. Assumptions 1 The flow is steady and incompressible. 2 The entrance effects are negligible‚ and thus the flow is fully developed. 3 The flow is turbulent so that the tabulated value of the loss coefficients can be used (to be verified). 4 The elevation difference between the free surfaces of the tank and the river remains constant
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existence of free will. First I will attempt to show that determinism and free will can coexist‚ thus rejecting the Hard Determinism argument. Next I will claim that Libertarianism does not effectively rule out determinism‚ by focusing on the Quantum Mechanics response. Finally I will attempt to point out a relationship between responsibility and compatibilism. Determinism and Compatibilism The thesis of causal determinism states that every event has a cause and that human‚ an event‚ is no exception
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theoretical piece of work on the explanation of the properties of the metals with the aid of the electron theory‚ which remains to this day a classic on the subject. It was in this work that Bohr was first confronted with the implications of Planck’s quantum theory of radiation. In the autumn of 1911 he made a stay at Cambridge‚ where he profited by following the
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The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene (first 150 pages) The book starts out talking about Albert Einstein’s general relativity‚ and quantum mechanics on understanding the universe‚ and how only one could be right not both. Greene began to talk about string theory which is a collection of concepts in which the point like particles of particle physics are switched by one dimensional object called strings. String theory says the particle properties are a reflection of the various ways in which string
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Quantum Mechanics V H Satheeshkumar Department of Physics and Center for Advanced Research and Development Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College of Engineering Jain Global Campus‚ Kanakapura Road Bangalore 562 112‚ India. vhsatheeshkumar@gmail.com October 12‚ 2008 Who can use this? The lecture notes are tailor-made for my students at SBMJCE‚ Bangalore. It is the second of eight chapters in Engineering Physics [06PHY12] course prescribed by VTU for the first-semester (September 2008 - January 2009)
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atom 16. Niels Bohr (Denmark) - Quantum model of hydrogen atom 17. C.V.Raman (India) - Inelastic scattering of light by molecules 18. Louis Victor de Borglie (France) - Wave nature of matter 19. M.N.Saha (India) - Thermal Ionisation 20. S.N.Bose (India) - Quantum statistics 21. Enrico Fermi (Iyaly) - Controlled nuclear fission 22. Werner Heinsberg(Germany) - Quantum mechanics; Uncertainty principle 23. Paul Dirac (UK) - Relativistic theory of electron; Quantum statistics 24. Edwin Hubble (USA)
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Alice in Quantumland 1. Electrons have no distinguishing features except spin Upon falling into the quantum wonderland while in her living room‚ Alice finds herself faced with a new reality of existence that seems to baffle her. She is first met with some strange-looking dweller of the new and vastly strange wonderland that she could not make out. She politely introduces herself as Alice‚ thereby invoking a response from her companion to the effect that it was an electron. Alice also noted
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level to another(but when it jumps must gain or lose energy) Quantum of energy is the amount of energy required to move an electron from one energy level to another. The amount of energy an electron gains or loses ina na atom is not always the same. The higher the energy level occupied by an electron‚ the less energy it takes to move from that energy level to the next higher energy level. iii. The Quantum Mechanical Model The quantum mechanical model determines the allowed energies an electron
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