Author : Alexander Ziwet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 1330457234
Elements of Theoretical Mechanics (Classic Reprint) by Alexander Ziwet Pdf
Excerpt from Elements of Theoretical Mechanics The present edition differs considerably from the original edition of 1893-94, especially in the third part. It represents c: essentially the required course in theoretical mechanics as given in the Engineering Department of the University of Michigan. In order to keep within the bounds of a three-hour course extending through a year and within the reach of the mathematical attainments of a second or third year's college student it seemed best to confine the treatment largely to problems in one and two dimensions (except in Statics). Thus the motion of a rigid body about a fixed point had to be omitted, in spite of its importance. But rectilinear motion and rotation about a fixed axis have received more ample treatment, and at least some illustrations of plane motion have been given. It is hardly necessary to say that the text has been carefully revised throughout, and that the exercises have in part been modified and increased in number. For the sake of completeness, certain fundamental subjects, such as simple and compound harmonic motion, the determination of centroids, motion under central forces, the theory of moments of inertia and principal axes, have been retained in greater fullness than might be thought necessary in so elementary a work. Where a shorter course is required the teacher will find no difficulty in retrenching. Thus, Arts. 129-148, 155-156, 170-174, 176-178, 234-236, 239-240, 248-249, 312-313, 324, 334, 382-388, 392, 411-417, 479-495, 509-511, 556-571, 637-663, 702-704 may be omitted, as well as many of the numerous applications and the more difficult exercises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
