Problems and solutions on mechanics

Yung-Kuo Lim9810212984, 9789810212988, 981021295X, 9789810212957, 9789812384973

The material for these volumes has been selected from the past twenty years’ examination questions for graduate students at the University of California (Berkeley), Columbia University, the University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University and the University of Wisconsin.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Problems and Solutions on Mechanics……Page 3
Preface……Page 7
CONTENTS……Page 11
Introduction……Page 9
Part I Newtonian Mechanics……Page 13
1. Dynamics of a Point Mass (1001-1108)……Page 15
2. Dynamics of a System of Point Masses (1109-1144)……Page 197
3. Dynamics of Rigid Bodies (1145-1223)……Page 249
4. Dynamics of Deformable Bodies (1224-1272)……Page 379
Part II Analytical Mechanics……Page 471
1. Lagrange’s Equations (2001-2027)……Page 473
2. Small Oscillations (2028-2067)……Page 533
3. Hamilton’s Canonical Equations (2068-2084)……Page 631
Part III Special Relativity……Page 669
Special Relativity (3001-3054)……Page 671
Index to Problems……Page 763