Rigid Body Mechanics
Subtitle: Mathematics, Physics and Applications
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9783527618828
Description: This textbook is a modern, concise and focused treatment of the mathematical techniques, physical theories and applications of rigid body mechanics, bridging the gap between the geometric and more classical approaches to the topic. It emphasizes the fundamentals of the subject, stresses the importance of notation, integrates the modern geometric view of mechanics and offers a wide variety of examples -- ranging from molecular dynamics to mechanics of robots and planetary rotational dynamics. The author has unified his presentation such that applied mathematicians, mechanical and astro-aerodyna.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Rigid Body Mechanics; Contents; Preface; 1 Rotations; 2 Kinematics, Energy, and Momentum; 3 Dynamics; 4 Constrained Systems; 5 Integrable Systems; 6 Numerical Methods; 7 Applications; Appendix; References; Index.