Schaum's outline of theory and problems of theoretical mechanics : with an introduction to Lagrange's equations and Hamiltonian theory

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Schaum's outline of theory and problems of theoretical mechanics : with an introduction to Lagrange's equations and Hamiltonian theory

by Murray R. Spiegel

(Schaum's outline series, . Schaum's outline series in science)

McGraw-Hill, c1967

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Theoretical mechanics

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Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Covering theoretical mechanics, this text contains 720 solved problems and covers topics such as vectors, velocity and acceleration, Newton's laws of motion, motion in a unified field, moving co-ordinate systems, rockets and collisions, space motion of rigid bodies and Hamiltonian theory.

Table of Contents

  • Vectors, velocity and acceleration
  • Newton's laws of motion
  • work, energy and momentum
  • motion in a uniform field
  • falling bodies and projectiles
  • the simple harmonic oscillator and the simple pendulum
  • central forces and planetary motion
  • moving co-ordinate systems
  • systems of particles
  • applications to vibrating systems
  • rockets and collisions
  • plane motion of rigid bodies
  • space motion of rigid bodies
  • Lagrange's equations
  • Hamiltonian theory. Appendices: units and dimensions
  • astronomical data
  • solutions of special differential equations
  • index of special symbols and notations.

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Details

  • NCID
    BD07101748
  • ISBN
    • 0070602328
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    368 p.
  • Size
    28 cm
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