Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics: A Classical Introduction to Holonomic and Nonholonomic Tensor Calculus; and Its Principal Applications to the Lagrangean Dynamics of Constrained Mechanical Systems. - Hardcover

Papastavridis, John G.

 
9780849385148: Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics: A Classical Introduction to Holonomic and Nonholonomic Tensor Calculus; and Its Principal Applications to the Lagrangean Dynamics of Constrained Mechanical Systems.
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0849385148 ISBN 13: 9780849385148
Publisher: CRC Press, 1998

Synopsis

Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics provides a concise, comprehensive, and readable introduction to classical tensor calculus - in both holonomic and nonholonomic coordinates - as well as to its principal applications to the Lagrangean dynamics of discrete systems under positional or velocity constraints. The thrust of the book focuses on formal structure and basic geometrical/physical ideas underlying most general equations of motion of mechanical systems under linear velocity constraints.
Written for the theoretically minded engineer, Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics contains uniquely accessbile treatments of such intricate topics as:

  • tensor calculus in nonholonomic variables
  • Pfaffian nonholonomic constraints
  • related integrability theory of Frobenius
    The book enables readers to move quickly and confidently in any particular geometry-based area of theoretical or applied mechanics in either classical or modern form.

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    About the Author

    John G. Papastavridis

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    Publisher
    CRC Press
    Publication date
    1998
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    0849385148
    ISBN 13 
    9780849385148
    Binding
    Hardcover
    Edition number
    1
    Number of pages
    432