Essential Graduate Physics - Classical Mechanics

by Konstantin K. Likharev

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includes: Electric Charge Interaction; Charges and Conductors; Polarization of Dielectrics; DC Currents; Magnetism; Time-Dependent Electromagnetism; Electromagnetic Wave Propagation; Radiation, Scattering, Interference, and Diffraction; Special Relativity; Radiation by Relativistic Charges

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Physics, Classical Mechanics
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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Review of Fundamentals
  7. 1.1: Terminology- Mechanics and dynamics
  8. 1.2: Kinematics- Basic Notions
  9. 1.3: Dynamics- Newton Laws
  10. 1.4: Conservation Laws
  11. 1.5: Potential Energy and Equilibrium
  12. 1.6: OK, Can We Go Home Now?
  13. 1.7: Self-test Problems
  14. 2: Lagrangian Analytical Mechanics
  15. 2.1: Lagrange Equation
  16. 2.2: Three Simple Examples
  17. 2.3: Hamiltonian Function and Energy
  18. 2.4: Other Conservation Laws
  19. 2.5: Exercise Problems
  20. 3: A Few Simple Problems
  21. 3.1: One-dimensional and 1D-reducible Systems
  22. 3.2: Equilibrium and Stability
  23. 3.3: Hamiltonian 1D Systems
  24. 3.4: Planetary Problems
  25. 3.5: Elastic Scattering
  26. 3.6: Exercise Problems
  27. 4: Rigid Body Motion
  28. 4.1: Translation and Rotation
  29. 4.2: Inertia Tensor
  30. 4.3: Fixed-axis Rotation
  31. 4.4: Free Rotation
  32. 4.5: Torque-induced Precession
  33. 4.6: Non-inertial Reference Frames
  34. 4.7: Exercise Problems
  35. 5: Oscillations
  36. 5.1: Free and Forced Oscillations
  37. 5.2: Weakly Nonlinear Oscillations
  38. 5.3: Reduced Equations
  39. 5.4: Self-oscillations and Phase Locking
  40. 5.5: Parametric Excitation
  41. 5.6: Fixed Point Classification
  42. 5.7: Numerical Approaches
  43. 5.8: Harmonic and Subharmonic Oscillations
  44. 5.9: Exercise Problems
  45. 6: From Oscillations to Waves
  46. 6.1: Two Coupled Oscillators
  47. 6.2: N Coupled Oscillators
  48. 6.3: 1D Waves
  49. 6.4: Acoustic Waves
  50. 6.5: Standing Waves
  51. 6.6: Wave Decay and Attenuation
  52. 6.7: Nonlinear and Parametric Effects
  53. 6.8: Exercise Problems
  54. 7: Deformations and Elasticity
  55. 7.1: Strain
  56. 7.2: Stress
  57. 7.3: Hooke’s Law
  58. 7.4: Equilibrium
  59. 7.5: Rod Bending
  60. 7.6: Rod Torsion
  61. 7.7: 3D Acoustic Waves
  62. 7.8: Elastic Waves in Thin Rods
  63. 7.9: Exercise Problems
  64. 8: Fluid Mechanics
  65. 8.1: Hydrostatics
  66. 8.2: Surface Tension Effects
  67. 8.3: Kinematics
  68. 8.4: Dynamics - Ideal Fluids
  69. 8.5: Dynamics- Viscous Fluids
  70. 8.6: Turbulence
  71. 8.7: Exercise Problems
  72. 9: Deterministic Chaos
  73. 9.1: Chaos in Maps
  74. 9.2: Chaos in Dynamic Systems
  75. 9.3: Chaos in Hamiltonian Systems
  76. 9.4: Chaos and Turbulence
  77. 9.5: Exercise Problems
  78. 10: A Bit More of Analytical Mechanics
  79. 10.1: Hamilton Equations
  80. 10.2: Adiabatic Invariance
  81. 10.3: The Hamilton Principle
  82. 10.4: The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation
  83. 10.5: Exercise Problems
  84. Back Matter
  85. Index
  86. Glossary
  87. Detailed Licensing