• • Title • Classical dynamics /​ Donald T. Author • Greenwood, Donald T., (author.) Published • Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 1997. Copyright • ©1977.

Lecture Notes on Classical Mechanics (A Work in Progress) Daniel Arovas Department of Physics University of California, San Diego May 8, 2013. Free PDF Download Books by Donald T. Graduate-level text for science and technology students provides strong background in the more abstract and intellectually satisfying areas of dynamical.

Content Types • text Carrier Types • volume Physical Description • x, 337 pages: illustrations; 22 cm. Subjects • • Contents • Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for Classical dynamics /​ Donald T. • • Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog • Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. Introductory concepts 1.1 The Mechanical System.

Equations of motion. Units 1.2 Generalized Coordinates. Degrees of freedom. Generalized Coordinates.

Configuration space. 1.3 Constraints.

Holonomic constraints. Nonholonomic constraints. Unilateral constraints. 1.4 Virtual Work.

Virtual displacement. Virtual work. Principle of virtual work. D'Alembert's principle. Generalized force. 1.5 Energy and Momentum.

Potential energy. Work and kinetic energy. Conservation of energy. Equilibrium and stability. Kinetic energy of a system. Angular momentum.

Generalized momentum. Lagrange's Equations 2.1 Derivation of Lagrange's Equations. Kinetic energy. Lagrange's equations. Form of the equations of motion. Nonholonomic systems. 2.2 Examples.

Spherical pendulum. Drajvera dlya kolonki defender spk 330 usb file. Double pendulum. Lagrange multipliers and constraint forces. Particle in whirling tube. Particle with moving support.

Rheonomic constrained system. 2.3 Integrals of the Motion. Ignorable coordinates. Example • the Kepler problem. Routhian function. Conservative systems.

Natural systems. Liouville's system. 2.4 Small Oscillations.

Equations of motion. Natural modes. Principal coordinates. Repeated roots.

Initial conditions. Special applications of Lagrange's Equations 3.1 Rayleigh's Dissipation function 3.2 Impulsive Motion. Impulse and momentum. Lagrangian method. Ordinary constraints.

Impulsive constraints. Energy considerations. 3.3 Gyroscopic systems. Gyroscopic forces.

Small motions. Gyroscopic stability. 3.4 Velocity-Dependent Potentials. Electromagnetic forces. Gyroscopic forces. Hamilton's Equations 4.1 Hamilton's Principle.

Stationary values of a function. Constrained stationary values. Stationary value of a definite integral. Example • the brachistochrone problem Example • geodesic path. Case of n dependent variables.

Hamilton's principle. Nonholonomic systems. Multiplier rule. 4.2 Hamilton's Equations. Derivation of Hamilton's equations.

The form of the Hamiltonian function. Legendre transformation.

4.3 Other Variational Principles. Modified Hamilton's principle. Principle of least action. 4.4 Phase Space. Extended phase space. Liouville's theorem.5.

Hamilton-Jacobi Theory 5.1 Hamilton's Principal Function. The canonical integral.