Foundations of Classical Mechanics

ISBN-13: 9781108480567 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 450 str.

P. C. Deshmukh

Opis

The book aims at speeding up undergraduates to attain interest in advanced concepts and methods in science and engineering.

Recenzje

'… Deshmukh provides a rigorous yet accessible introduction to classical mechanics that is suitable for first- or second-year physics and engineering students.' Robert B. Scott, Physics Today

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. Laws of mechanics and symmetry principles; 2. Mathematical preliminaries; 3. Real effects of pseudo-forces: description of motion in accelerated frame of reference; 4. Small oscillations and wave motion; 5. Damped and driven oscillations; Resonances; 6. The variational principle; 7. Angular momentum and rigid body dynamics; 8. The gravitational interaction in Newtonian mechanics; 9. Complex behavior of simple system; 10. Gradient operator, methods of fluid mechanics, and electrodynamics; 11. Rudiments of fluid mechanics; 12. Basic principles of electrodynamics; 13. Introduction to special theory of relativity; 14. A glimpse of the general theory of relativity; Index.