1\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- 2@c This is part of the FisicaLab User Manual. 3@c Copyright (C) 2013 German A. Arias. 4@c See the file copying.texinfo for copying conditions. 5 6@c %**start of header 7@setfilename fisicalab.info 8@documentlanguage en 9@documentencoding UTF-8 10@settitle F@'{@dotless{i}}sicaLab 11@smallbook 12@c %**end of header 13 14@copying 15Copyright @copyright{} 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 Germ@'an A. Arias. 16 17 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document 18 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 19 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; 20 with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. 21 A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU 22 Free Documentation License". 23@end copying 24 25@titlepage 26@title F@'{@dotless{i}}sicaLab 27@subtitle The free software to the physics (free as in fredom). 28@subtitle User manual for versions 0.3.x, first edition. 29@author Germ@'an A. Arias 30 31@c The following two commands start the copyright page. 32@page 33@vskip 0pt plus 1filll 34@insertcopying 35@end titlepage 36 37@c Output the table of contents at the beginning. 38@contents 39 40@ifnottex 41@node Top, Welcome, (dir), (dir) 42@top Contenido 43 44FisicaLab is an educational application to solve physics problems. Its main objective is let the user to focus in physics concepts, leaving aside the mathematical details (FisicaLab take care of them). This allows the user to become familiar with the physical concepts without running the risk of getting lost in mathematical details. And so, when the user gain confidence in applying physical concepts, will be better prepared to solve the problems by hand (with pen and paper). FisicaLab is easy to use and very intuitive. However, in order to take advantage of all its features, we recommend you read first these help files. 45@end ifnottex 46 47@menu 48* Welcome:: 49* Kinematics:: 50* Examples kinematics of particles:: 51* Circular kinematics:: 52* Examples circular kinematics of particles:: 53* Statics:: 54* Examples statics:: 55* Rigid statics:: 56* Examples statics rigid bodies:: 57* Dynamics:: 58* Examples dynamics of particles:: 59* Circular dynamics:: 60* Examples circular dynamics:: 61* Calorimetry:: 62* Examples calorimetry:: 63* GFDL:: 64* Indice:: 65 66@detailmenu 67 --- The Detailed Node Listing --- 68 69Introduction 70 71* Handling the elements:: 72* Element data:: 73* How it works:: 74* Messages:: 75 76Module kinematics of particles 77 78* Stationary reference system: Stationary reference system (k). 79* Mobile reference system: Mobile reference system (k). 80* Mobile reference system in X/Y: Mobile reference system in X/Y (k). 81* Mobile: Mobile (k). 82* Mobile in X/Y: Mobile in X/Y (k). 83* Mobile in X/Y with constant velocity: Mobile in X/Y with constant velocity (k):: 84* Cannon: Cannon (k). 85* Mobile radial: Mobile radial (k). 86* Distance: Distance (k). 87* Distance XY: Distance XY (k). 88* Point: Point (k). 89* Relative velocity: Relative velocity (k). 90 91Examples kinematics of particles 92 93* Example 1 (k):: 94* Example 2 (k):: 95* Example 3 (k):: 96* Example 4 (k):: 97* Example 5 (k):: 98* Example 6 (k):: 99* Example 7 (k):: 100 101Module circular kinematics of particles 102 103* Stationary reference system: Stationary reference system (ck). 104* Mobile with circular motion: Mobile circular (ck). 105* Mobile with polar circular motion: Mobile polar (ck). 106* Angular velocity: Angular velocity (ck). 107* Angular acceleration: Angular acceleration (ck). 108* Total acceleration: Total acceleration (ck). 109* Frequency: Frequency (ck). 110* Period: Period (ck). 111* Number of laps: Number of laps (ck). 112* Center of rotation: Center of rotation (ck). 113* Distance: Distance (ck). 114* Arc length: Arc length (ck). 115* Coordinate: Coordinate (ck). 116* Relative velocity: Relative velocity (ck). 117 118Examples circular kinematics of particles 119 120* Example 1 (ck):: 121* Example 2 (ck):: 122* Example 3 (ck):: 123* Example 4 (ck):: 124* Example 5 (ck):: 125 126Module statics of particles 127 128* Stationary reference system: Stationary reference system (s). 129* Block: Block (s). 130* Block above an inclined plane to the left: Block left (s). 131* Block above an inclined plane to the right: Block right (s). 132* Springs: Springs (s). 133* Pulley: Pulley (s). 134* Static point: Static point (s). 135* Angles: Angles (s). 136* Forces: Forces (s). 137* Frictions: Frictions (s). 138* Vertical/Horizontal resultant: V/H resultant (s). 139* Resultant: Resultant (s). 140 141Examples statics 142 143* Example 1 (s):: 144* Example 2 (s):: 145* Example 3 (s):: 146* Example 4 (s):: 147* Example 5 (s):: 148* Example 6 (s):: 149* Example 7 (s):: 150* Example 8 (s):: 151* Example 9 (s):: 152 153Module rigid statics 154 155* Stationary reference system: Stationary reference system (rs). 156* Points: Points (rs). 157* Beam: Beam (rs). 158* Solid: Solid (rs). 159* Point: Point (rs). 160* Angles: Angles (rs). 161* Elements of beam: Elements of beam (rs). 162* Elements of solid: Elements of solid (rs). 163* Forces: Forces (rs). 164* Frictions: Frictions (rs). 165* Couple: Couple (rs). 166* Beams of 2 forces: Beams of 2 forces (rs). 167* Truss: Truss (rs). 168* Joint: Joint (rs). 169* Beams of truss: Beams of truss (rs). 170* Resultant: Resultant (rs). 171* Resultant with horizontal force: Resultant horizontal (rs). 172* Resultant with vertical force: Resultant vertical (rs). 173 174Examples statics rigid bodies 175 176* Example 1 (rs):: 177* Example 2 (rs):: 178* Example 3 (rs):: 179* Example 4 (rs):: 180* Example 5 (rs):: 181* Example 6 (rs):: 182* Example 7 (rs):: 183* Example 8 (rs):: 184* Example 9 (rs):: 185* Example 10 (rs):: 186* Example 11 (rs):: 187* Example 12 (rs):: 188* Example 13 (rs):: 189 190Module dynamics of particles 191 192* Stationary reference system: Stationary reference system (d). 193* Mobile: Mobile (d). 194* Mobile in X/Y: Mobile in X/Y (d). 195* Block with vertical movement: Block vertical (d). 196* Block with horizontal movement: Block horizontal (d). 197* Block with movement along an inclined plane to the left: Block plane to the left (d). 198* Block with movement along an inclined plane to the right: Block plane to the right (d). 199* Pulley: Pulley (d). 200* Springs: Springs (d). 201* Forces: Forces (d). 202* Frictions: Frictions (d). 203* Frictions between blocks (contacts): Frictions between blocks (d). 204* Relation between accelerations: Relation between accelerations (d). 205* Relative motion: Relative motion (d). 206* Collision: Collision (d). 207* Energy: Energy (d). 208* Momentum: Momentum (d). 209* Power: Power (d). 210 211Examples dynamics of particles 212 213* Example 1 (d):: 214* Example 2 (d):: 215* Example 3 (d):: 216* Example 4 (d):: 217* Example 5 (d):: 218* Example 6 (d):: 219* Example 7 (d):: 220* Example 8 (d):: 221* Example 9 (d):: 222* Example 10 (d):: 223* Example 11 (d):: 224* Example 12 (d):: 225 226Module circular dynamics of particles 227 228* Stationary reference system: Stationary reference system (cd). 229* Object in rest: Object in rest (cd). 230* Mobile with linear movement: Mobile linear (cd). 231* Mobile with circular movement: Mobile circular (cd). 232* Mobile with polar circular movement: Mobile polar (cd). 233* Mobile with perpendicular circular movement: Mobile perpendicular (cd). 234* Angular velocity: Angular velocity (cd). 235* Centripetal acceleration: Centripetal acceleration (cd). 236* Angular acceleration: Angular acceleration (cd). 237* Energy: Energy (cd). 238* Angular momentum: Angular momentum (cd). 239* Linear momentum: Linear momentum (cd). 240* Power: Power (cd). 241* Initial System: Initial System (cd). 242* Final System: Final System (cd). 243* Center of rotation: Center of rotation (cd). 244* Springs: Springs (cd). 245* Forces: Forces (cd). 246* Frictions: Frictions (cd). 247* Angles: Angles (cd). 248* Moment of a force or couple of forces: Moment (cd). 249* Total acceleration (Triangle of accelerations): Total acceleration (cd). 250* Maximum acceleration: Maximum acceleration (cd). 251* Inertia: Inertia (cd). 252* Absolute velocity: Absolute velocity (cd). 253* Sine of angle: Sine of angle (cd). 254* Supported combinations of elements Energy, Angular Momentum, Linear Momentum and Power: Combinations (cd). 255 256Examples circular dynamics of particles 257 258* Example 1 (cd):: 259* Example 2 (cd):: 260* Example 3 (cd):: 261* Example 4 (cd):: 262* Example 5 (cd):: 263* Example 6 (cd):: 264* Example 7 (cd):: 265* Example 8 (cd):: 266* Example 9 (cd):: 267* Example 10 (cd):: 268* Example 11 (cd):: 269* Example 12 (cd):: 270* Example 13 (cd):: 271 272Calorimetry 273 274* Laboratory clock: Laboratory clock (cal). 275* Applied heat: Applied heat (cal). 276* Applied heat flow: Applied heat flow (cal). 277* Heat extracted: Heat extracted (cal). 278* Refrigeration: Refrigeration (cal). 279* Block: Block (cal). 280* Liquid: Liquid (cal). 281* Gas: Gas (cal). 282* Linear expansion: Linear expansion (cal). 283* Superficial expansion: Superficial expansion (cal). 284* Volumetric expansion: Volumetric expansion (cal). 285* Change of state solid-liquid: Change solid-liquid (cal). 286* Change of state liquid-gas: Change liquid-gas (cal). 287* Process: Process (cal). 288* Calorimeter: Calorimeter (cal). 289* Gas at constant pressure: Gas constant pressure (cal). 290* Gas at constant temperature: Gas constant temperature (cal). 291* Gas at constant volume: Gas constant volume (cal). 292* Gas PV/T: Gas PV/T (cal). 293* Heat exchanger: Heat exchanger (cal). 294 295Examples calorimetry 296 297* Example 1 (cal):: 298* Example 2 (cal):: 299* Example 3 (cal):: 300* Example 4 (cal):: 301* Example 5 (cal):: 302* Example 6 (cal):: 303* Example 7 (cal):: 304* Example 8 (cal):: 305* Example 9 (cal):: 306* Example 10 (cal):: 307* Example 11 (cal):: 308* Example 12 (cal):: 309* Example 13 (cal):: 310 311@end detailmenu 312@end menu 313 314@include introduction.texinfo 315@include kinematics.texinfo 316@include kinematics-examples.texinfo 317@include kinematics-circular.texinfo 318@include kinematics-circular-examples.texinfo 319@include statics.texinfo 320@include statics-examples.texinfo 321@include statics-rigid.texinfo 322@include statics-rigid-examples.texinfo 323@include dynamics.texinfo 324@include dynamics-examples.texinfo 325@include dynamics-circular.texinfo 326@include dynamics-circular-examples.texinfo 327@include calorimetry.texinfo 328@include calorimetry-examples.texinfo 329@include copying.texinfo 330@include concept-index.texinfo 331 332@bye 333