About the Book

Textbook of Mechanics

The purpose of this book is to explain the discovery of an extremely powerful theory that fundamentally influences our society and our everyday lives. The book follows the historical development of mechanics and its related theory in support with physics. The book covers elementary as well as advanced topics that are required for students of science and engineering background. The book places mechanics on a system-theoretic foundation so as to harmonize it with classical mechanics. Using the highest standards of exposition and rigor, the book contains a novel formulation of mechanics that can be viewed as a moderate-sized system theory as compared to statistical physics. This middle-ground theory involves deterministic large-scale dynamical system models that bridge the gap classical and statistical mechanics. CONTENTS :- (1) Introduction (2) System of Forces (3) Concept of Equilibrium (4) Centre of Gravity (5) Kinematics (6) Conservation of Energy and Momentum (7) Dynamics (8) Phase System Equilibrium (9) Rotational Dynamics (10) Formulation of Relativity (11) Space Science