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Rana, Narayan Chandra; Joag, Pramod Sharadchandra

Classical mechanics - 1991 Tata McGraw-Hill New Delhi - xx,607 pp.

Introduction;
Constrained motions in cartesian coordinates;
Lagrangian formulation in generalised coordinates;
Rotating frames of reference;
Central force;
Hamilton's equations of motion;
Principle of least action and hamilton's principle;
Brachistochrones, tautochrones and the cycloid family;
Canonical transformations;
The poisson bracket;
Hamilton-jacobi theory;
Small oscillations;
Rigid body dynamics;
Elasticity;
Fluid dynamics

ISBN: 9780074603154

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mathematics: Analytic mechanics

LC Class. No.: QA805