Screen LibraryIntroduction to classical mechanics /
"This textbook aims to provide a clear and concise set of lectures that take one from the introduction and application of Newton's laws up to Hamilton's principle of stationary action and the lagrangian mechanics of continuous systems. An extensive set of accessible problems enhances...
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World Scientific,
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| Publisher Address: | New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This textbook aims to provide a clear and concise set of lectures that take one from the introduction and application of Newton's laws up to Hamilton's principle of stationary action and the lagrangian mechanics of continuous systems. An extensive set of accessible problems enhances and extends the coverage. It serves as a prequel to the author's recently published book entitled Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism based on an introductory course taught sometime ago at Stanford with over 400 students enrolled. Both lectures assume a good, concurrent, course in calculus and familiarity with basic concepts in physics; the development is otherwise self-contained. A good introduction to the subject allows one to approach the many more intermediate and advanced texts with better understanding and a deeper sense of appreciation that both students and teachers alike can share"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 169 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789811217432 9811217432 9789811218231 9811218234 |
| Index Number: | QC125 |
| CLC: | O31-43 |
| Call Number: | O31-43/W169 |
| Contents: |
Introduction -- Vectors -- Inertial coordinate systems -- Newton's laws -- Examples -- Energy -- Angular momentum -- System of particles -- Generalized coordinates -- Hamilton's Principle -- Lagrangian dynamics -- Hamiltonian dynamics -- Continuum mechanics -- Waves -- Continuum mechanics of string -- Mechanics of fluids -- Problems -- Appendix A: Numerical methods -- Appendix B: Significant names in classical mechanics. |