Problems and Solutions on Mechanics: Major American University PhD Qualifying Questions and Solutions

✍ Scribed by Yung-Kuo Lim

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 770
• Series: Major American Universities PhD Qualifying Questions and Solutions
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The material for this volume has been selected from the examination questions for graduate students, for the past 20 years, of the following institutions: University of California (Berkeley), Columbia University, the University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University and University of Wisconsin. This volume comprises of 310 problems and is divided into three parts: Newtonian mechanics; analytical mechanics; and special relativity.

✦ 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

✦ Subjects

Механика;Теоретическая механика;