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Title: Hydrostatics and Tensors
Institution: Osmania University, India

Level:

Degree.

Description:
Hydrostatics: Density and specific gravity; theorems on fluid pressure under gravity; pressure on plane surfaces; centre of pressure thrust on curved surfaces; floating bodies; meta centre and simple problems on meta centre.

Tensor analysis: Physical laws; spaces of N-dimensions; coordinate of transformations; the summation convention; contravariant and covariant vectors; contravariant, coveriant and mixed tensors. the Kronecker delta; tensors of rank greater than two scalars or invariants; tensors fields; symmetric and skew-symmetric tensors; fundamental operations with tensors; matrices; matrix algebra; the line element and matric tensor; conjugate or reciprocal tensors; associated tensors; length of a vector; angle between the vectors; physical components,
Christoffel's symbols; transformation law of Christoffel's symbols.
Assessment is by examination only.

Programmes for which this course is required or in which it can be included:
Bachelor of Arts.


Languages:

English

Media and methods employed: Printed text, face-to-face tutorials.
Printed correspondence texts prepared by/for institution, face-to-face tutoring (contact programme).

Administrative information:
This is a 3rd year course.


Classification:

070430 PHYSICS

Date: 19 October 1993 bb
Source: BA 3rd Year Syllabus

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