{"product_id":"9783030640606","title":"Foundations of Engineering Mechanics: Volume 1. Complete General Course for Students of Engineering","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFoundations of Engineering Mechanics: Volume 1. Complete General Course for Students of Engineering\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePolyakhov, Nikolai Nikolaevich; Yushkov, Mikhail Petrovich; Zegzhda, Sergey Andreevich; Tovstik, Petr Evgenievich; Bukashkina, O. S.; Alimov, A. R.; Sinilshchikova, G. A.; Belkind, E. L.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time in English, this two-volume course on theoretical and applied mechanics has been honed over decades by leading scientists and teachers, and is a primary teaching resource for engineering and maths students at St. Petersburg University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe course addresses classical branches of theoretical mechanics (Vol. 1), along with a wide range of advanced topics, special problems and applications (Vol. 2). This first volume of the textbook contains the parts “Kinematics” and “Dynamics”. The part “Kinematics” presents in detail the theory of curvilinear coordinates which is actively used in the part “Dynamics”, in particular, in the theory of constrained motion and variational principles in mechanics. For describing the motion of a system of particles, the notion of a Hertz representative point is used, and the notion of a tangent space is applied to investigate the motion of arbitrary mechanical systems. In the final chapters Hamilton-Jacobi theory is applied​ for the integration of equations of motion, and the elements of special relativity theory are presented.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook is aimed at students in mathematics and mechanics and at post-graduates and researchers in analytical mechanics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2021-08-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030640606\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-64061-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 520\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"St. Petersburg State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44365115195532,"sku":"9783030640606","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030640606.jpg?v=1776435695","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030640606","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}