Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780849385148)

Tensor Calculus and Analytical Dynamics provides a concise, comprehensive, and readable introduction to classical tensor calculus as well as to its principal applications in the Lagrangean dynamics of discrete systems under positional or velocity constraints. The book focuses on formal structure and the basic geometrical and physical ideas underlying most general equations of motion for mechanical systems under linear velocity constraints. Written for the theoretically minded engineer, it contains uniquely accessible treatments of intricate topics. The book enables readers to move quickly and confidently in any geometry-based area of theoretical or applied mechanics.

Author: John G. Papastavridis
ISBN-10: 0849385148
ISBN-13: 9780849385148
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 12/18/1998
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.92lbs
Size: 9.68h x 6.30w x 1.50d