| Mechanical Systems, Classical Models: Volume II: Mechanics of Discrete and Continuous Systems 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Teodorescu, Petre P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1402089872 ISBN-13: 9781402089879 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: This second volume of "Mechanical Systems, Classical Models," deals with the dynamics of systems consisting of discrete particles as well as continuous systems. While differences between these models are highlighted, the generality of the proofs and corresponding computations yields results that are expressed in a common form for both discrete and continuous systems. The author explains in detail all important aspects of the science of mechanics, regarded as a natural science, and shows how they are useful in understanding important natural phenomena and solving problems of applied/engineering interest. A large variety of problems are analyzed, from the traditional to more recent ones, such as the dynamics of rigid solids with variable mass. Professor Teodorescu has spent more that fifty years as a Professor of Mechanics at the University of Bucharest and this book relies on the extensive literature on the subject as well as the author's original contributions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Mechanics - General - Mathematics | Applied - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
| Dewey: 531.16 |
| Series: Mathematical and Analytical Techniques with Applications to |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.15 lbs) 564 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As it was already seen in the first volume of the present book, its guideline is precisely the mathematical model of mechanics. The classical models which we refer to are in fact models based on the Newtonian model of mechanics, on its five principles, i. e.: the inertia, the forces action, the action and reaction, the parallelogram and the initial conditions principle, respectively. Other models, e. g., the model of attraction forces between the particles of a discrete mechanical system, are part of the considered Newtonian model. Kepler's laws brilliantly verify this model in case of velocities much smaller than the light velocity in vacuum. The non-classical models are relativistic and quantic. Mechanics has as object of study mechanical systems. The first volume of this book dealt with particle dynamics. The present one deals with discrete mechanical systems for particles in a number greater than the unity, as well as with continuous mechanical systems. We put in evidence the difference between these models, as well as the specificity of the corresponding studies; the generality of the proofs and of the corresponding computations yields a common form of the obtained mechanical results for both discrete and continuous systems. We mention the thoroughness by which the dynamics of the rigid solid with a fixed point has been presented. The discrete or continuous mechanical systems can be non-deformable (e. g. |