MechanicsThe book presents a comprehensive study of important topics in Mechanics of pure and applied sciences. It provides knowledge of scalar and vector in optimum depth to make the students understand the concepts of Mechanics in simple, coherent and lucid manner and grasp its principles & theory. It caters to the requirements of students of B.Sc. Pass and Honours courses. Students of engineering disciplines and the ones aspiring for competitive exams such as AIME and others, will also find it useful for their preparations. |
Contents
1 | 1 |
NONRELATIVISTIC PARTICLE DYNAMICS | 4 |
HARMONIC OSCILLATOR | 7 |
DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES | 10 |
5 | 57 |
REFERENCE FRAMESNEWTONS LAWS | 62 |
8 | 73 |
CONSERVATION LAWSLAW | 76 |
040 | 389 |
1 | 422 |
GRAVITATIONFIELDS AND POTENTIALS | 582 |
4 | 589 |
5 | 595 |
3 | 630 |
Worked examples | 653 |
1 | 670 |
11 | 80 |
1 | 98 |
7 | 111 |
8 | 129 |
Conservation laws in general | 140 |
3 | 219 |
7 | 225 |
10 | 232 |
Exercises | 245 |
Centre of mass | 253 |
6 | 259 |
8 | 265 |
WAVE MOTION | 274 |
9 | 678 |
Worked examples | 697 |
1 | 705 |
1 | 752 |
5 | 758 |
611 | 759 |
8 | 764 |
19 | 781 |
PRODUCTION AND MEASUREMENT | 796 |
4 | 802 |
7 | 809 |
8 | 817 |
Common terms and phrases
acceleration Agra amplitude angle angular momentum angular velocity atom axis beam body Calculate centre of mass circular clearly cm/sec collision components constant Coriolis cosines curl curve damping direction displacement distance dt dt earth electric field electron equal equation ergs Example fictitious force flux force acting frame of reference frequency Galilean transformation given harmonic oscillator hence horizontal inertial frame invariant ions kinetic energy law of conservation length line integral linear Lorentz transformation m₁ magnetic field magnitude maximum moving frame observer obtain obviously orbit parallel parallelopiped path pendulum perpendicular plane position vector potential energy proton radius reference frame relation relative velocity relativistic respectively rest mass rocket satellite scalar product seen Show shown in Fig speed three vectors time-period total energy triple product unit vector v₁ vector point function vector product vertical wavelength whence x-axis zero дх