Guide to Mechanics

ISBN-13: 9780333793008 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 368 str.

Philip Dyke; R. W. Whitworth

Opis

A sound knowledge of Mechanics is fundamental to an understanding of much of physics and engineering. This book takes the reader through the fundamentals of the subject in as informal a manner as possible, without sacrificing mathematical rigour.
The second edition has new material on orbits, rigid body mechanics and non linear dynamics to produce a more comprehensive text that serves the needs of undergraduate students of mathematics, physics and engineering.

Spis treści

Kinematics.- Forces.- Forces as a Vector.- Collisions.- Motion Under Gravity.- Circular Motion.- Rotating Axes.- Vibrations.- Orbits.- Introduction to Rigid Body Dynamics.- Variable Mass Problems.- Nonlinear Dynamics.- Answers.

O autorze

PHILIP P.G.DYKE is Professor of Applied Mathematics and Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Plymouth.

ROGER WHITWORTH is Head of Mathematics at Droitwich High School