Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Classical Mechanics

Kinematics and Statics

  • Book
  • © 2012

Overview

Authors:
  1. Jan Awrejcewicz

    1. Department of Automatics & Biomechanics, Technical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Provides the reader with a step-by-step introduction to the material, enabling them to learn quickly
  • Makes a bridge between theoretical (physics) and applied (engineering) classical mechanics
  • Contains numerous examples supported by color figures, illustrating various theoretical concepts?
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics (AMMA, volume 28)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Fundamental Principles of Mechanics

    • Jan Awrejcewicz
    Pages 1-22

  3. Statics

    • Jan Awrejcewicz
    Pages 23-130

  4. Geometry of Masses

    • Jan Awrejcewicz
    Pages 131-185

  5. Particle Kinematics and an Introduction to the Kinematics of Rigid Bodies

    • Jan Awrejcewicz
    Pages 187-262

  6. Kinematics of a Rigid Body and Composite Motion of a Point

    • Jan Awrejcewicz
    Pages 263-399

  7. Kinematics of a Deformable Body

    • Jan Awrejcewicz
    Pages 401-440
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This is the first volume of three, devoted to Mechanics. This book contains classical mechanics problems including kinematics and statics. It is recommended as a supplementary textbook for undergraduate and graduate students from mechanical and civil engineering, as well as for physical scientists and engineers. It contains a basic introduction to classical mechanics, including fundamental principles, statics, and the geometry of masses, as well as thorough discussion on kinematics.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book presents classical mechanics including kinematics and statics, and can be recommended as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical and civil engineering and applied physics. … This excellent book unifies different approaches to the subject in the English, Russian, Polish and German literature.” (Vasile Marinca, zbMATH, Vol. 1268, 2013)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Automatics & Biomechanics, Technical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

    Jan Awrejcewicz

About the author

Jan Awrejcewicz is the 2011 winner of the Humboldt Prize. This award is granted from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. The award is based on a reasearcher's entire achievements to date, whose fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights have had significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future. Prof. Awrejcewicz is also the main author of “Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies”, © 2009, Springer (AMMA v. 16), 978-0-387-09562-0. He is also the sole editor of “Modeling, Simulation and Control of Nonlinear Engineering Dynamical Systems”, © 2009 Springer, 978-1-4020-8777-6.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation