An Elementary Treatise on the Dynamics of a Particle and of Rigid Bodies |
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Contents
Motion in a Straight Line | 5 |
Uniplanar motion where the accelerations parallel to fixed | 31 |
Uniplanar motion referred to Polar Coordinates | 43 |
Tangential and Normal Accelerations | 93 |
Motion in a Resisting Medium | 114 |
Oscillatory Motion | 131 |
Motion in Three Dimensions Accelerations in terms | 149 |
The Hodograph | 163 |
Motion in Two Dimensions Finite Forces | 226 |
Motion in Two Dimensions Impulsive Forces | 259 |
Instantaneous Centre | 272 |
Conservation of Linear and Angular Momentum | 295 |
Lagranges Equations in Generalised Coordinates | 318 |
Small Oscillations | 335 |
Motion of a Top | 349 |
Appendix on Differential Equations | 379 |
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