Aruldhas G. Engineering Physics

New Delhi, USA: PHI Learning Private Limited, 2010. — 405 p. — ISBN: 8120339169.Primarily intended for the first-year undergraduate students of all branches of engineering, this textbook provides a sound understanding of the fundamental concepts and principles of physics in a simple and easy-to-understand style. Organized in 18 chapters, the book exposes students to the fundamentals of oscillations and waves, interference of light, diffraction, polarization, optical instruments, laser, fibre optics, mechanics and special theory of relativity.Oscillations and waves
Electromagnetic theory
Interference
Diffraction
Polarization
Crystallography
Superconductivity
Special theory of relativity
Quantum mechanics
Statistical mechanics
Lasers
Holography and fibre optics
Dielectric properties of materials
Magnetic properties of materials
Thermal properties
Nanotechnology
Ultrasonics
Acoustics of buildings
Appendices
Abbreviation for Units and Physical Constants
Fraunhofer Diffraction at a Single Slit
Metallic Glasses
Shape Memory Alloys
Biomaterials