Theoretical Mechanics

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ABOUT TH E BOOK. This short course of theoretical mechanics is designed for students of higher and secondary technical schools. It treats of the basic methods of theoretical mechanics and their spheres of application. It alsó briefly examines motion in a gravitational field, the motion of bodies with variable mass (e.g., rockets), the elementary theory of gyroscopic motion, and other topics. These questions are of such importance today that 110 course of mechanics, even a short one, can neglect them altogether. The organisation of this book is based on the profound conviction, born out by many years of experience, that the best way of presenting study material, especially when it is contained in a short course, is to proceed from the particular to the generál. Accordingly, in this book, pláne statics comes before three-dimensional statics, partiele dynamics before system dynamics, rectilinear motion before curvilinear motion, etc. Such an arrangement helps the student to understand... Tovább

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ABOUT TH E BOOK. This short course of theoretical mechanics is designed for students of higher and secondary technical schools. It treats of the basic methods of theoretical mechanics and their spheres of application. It alsó briefly examines motion in a gravitational field, the motion of bodies with variable mass (e.g., rockets), the elementary theory of gyroscopic motion, and other topics. These questions are of such importance today that 110 course of mechanics, even a short one, can neglect them altogether. The organisation of this book is based on the profound conviction, born out by many years of experience, that the best way of presenting study material, especially when it is contained in a short course, is to proceed from the particular to the generál. Accordingly, in this book, pláne statics comes before three-dimensional statics, partiele dynamics before system dynamics, rectilinear motion before curvilinear motion, etc. Such an arrangement helps the student to understand and digest the material better and faster and the teaching process itself is made more graphic and consistent.
(icontinued from the front flap) Alongside of the geometrical and analytical methods of mechanics the book makes wide use of the vector method as one of the main generally accepted methods, which, furthermore, possesses a number of indisputable advantages. As a rule, however, only those vector operations are used which are similar to corresponding operations with scalar quantities and which do not require an acquaintance with many new concepts. Considerable space-more than onethird of the totál volume of the book- is given to examples and worked problems. Tliey were chosen with an eye to ensure a clear comprehension of the relevant mechanical phenomena, and they embrace all the main types of problems and methods of problem solution. The problem solutions contain instructions designed to assist the student in his independent work on the course. In this respect, the book should prove useful to students from many fields interested in advancing their knowledge of the subject. Vissza