Preface |
Fundamentals of Newtonian Mechanics / Chapter 1: |
Historical Survey of Mechanics / 1.1: |
Newton's Laws / 1.2: |
Impulse and Momentum / 1.3: |
Moment of a Force and Angular Momentum / 1.4: |
Work and Energy / 1.5: |
Energy Diagrams / 1.6: |
Systems of Particles / 1.7: |
The Two-Body Central Force Problem / 1.8: |
The Inverse Square Law. Orbits of Planets and Satellites / 1.9: |
Scattering by a Repulsive Central Force / 1.10: |
Problems |
Suggested References |
Fundamentals of Analytical Mechanics / Chapter 2: |
Degrees of Freedom. Generalized Coordinates / 2.1: |
Systems with Constraints / 2.2: |
The Stationary Value of a Function / 2.3: |
The Stationary Value of a Definite Integral / 2.4: |
The Principle of Virtual Work / 2.5: |
D'Alembert's Principle / 2.6: |
Hamilton's Principle / 2.7: |
Lagrange's Equations of Motion / 2.8: |
Lagrange's Equations for Impulsive Forces / 2.9: |
Conservation Laws / 2.10: |
Routh's Method for the Ignoration of Coordinates / 2.11: |
Rayleigh's Dissipation Function / 2.12: |
Hamilton's Equations / 2.13: |
Motion Relative to Rotating Reference Frames / Chapter 3: |
Transformation of Coordinates / 3.1: |
Rotating Coordinate Systems / 3.2: |
Expressions for the Motion in Terms of Moving Reference Frames / 3.3: |
Motion Relative to the Rotating Earth / 3.4: |
Motion of a Free Particle Relative to the Rotating Earth / 3.5: |
Foucault's Pendulum / 3.6: |
Rigid Body Dynamics / Chapter 4: |
Kinematics of a Rigid Body / 4.1: |
The Linear and Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body / 4.2: |
Translation Theorem for the Angular Momentum / 4.3: |
The Kinetic Energy of a Rigid Body / 4.4: |
Principal Axes / 4.5: |
The Equations of Motion for a Rigid Body / 4.6: |
Euler's Equations of Motion / 4.7: |
Euler's Angles / 4.8: |
Moment-Free Inertially Symmetric Body / 4.9: |
General Case of a Moment-Free Body / 4.10: |
Motion of a Symmetric Top / 4.11: |
The Lagrangian Equations for Quasi-Coordinates / 4.12: |
The Equations of Motion Referred to an Arbitrary System of Axes / 4.13: |
The Rolling of a Coin / 4.14: |
Behavior of Dynamical Systems. Geometric Theory / Chapter 5: |
Fundamental Concepts / 5.1: |
Motion of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Autonomous Systems about Equilibrium Points / 5.2: |
Conservative Systems. Motion in the Large / 5.3: |
The Index of Poincare / 5.4: |
Limit Cycles of Poincare / 5.5: |
Stability of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Autonomous Systems / Chapter 6: |
General Linear Systems / 6.1: |
Linear Autonomous Systems / 6.2: |
Stability of Linear Autonomous Systems. Routh-Hurwitz Criterion / 6.3: |
The Variational Equations / 6.4: |
Theorem on the First-Approximation Stability / 6.5: |
Variation from Canonical Systems. Constant Coefficients / 6.6: |
The Liapunov Direct Method / 6.7: |
Geometric Interpretation of the Liapunov Direct Method / 6.8: |
Stability of Canonical Systems / 6.9: |
Stability in the Presence of Gyroscopic and Dissipative Forces / 6.10: |
Construction of Liapunov Functions for Linear Autonomous Systems / 6.11: |
Nonautonomous Systems / Chapter 7: |
Linear Systems with Periodic Coefficients. Floquet's Theory / 7.1: |
Stability of Variational Equations with Periodic Coefficients / 7.2: |
Orbital Stability / 7.3: |
Variation from Canonical Systems. Periodic Coefficients / 7.4: |
Second-Order Systems with Periodic Coefficients / 7.5: |
Hill's Infinite Determinant / 7.6: |
Mathieu's Equation / 7.7: |
Analytical Solutions by Perturbation Techniques / 7.8: |
The Fundamental Perturbation Technique / 8.1: |
Secular Terms / 8.2: |
Lindstedt's Method / 8.3: |
The Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolsky (KBM) Method / 8.4: |
A Perturbation Technique Based on Hill's Determinants / 8.5: |
Periodic Solutions of Nonautonomous Systems. Duffing's Equation / 8.6: |
The Method of Averaging / 8.7: |
Transformation Theory. The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation / Chapter 9: |
The Principle of Least Action / 9.1: |
Contact Transformations / 9.2: |
Further Extensions of the Concept of Contact Transformations / 9.3: |
Integral Invariants / 9.4: |
The Lagrange and Poisson Brackets / 9.5: |
Infinitesimal Contact Transformations / 9.6: |
The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation / 9.7: |
Separable Systems / 9.8: |
Action and Angle Variables / 9.9: |
Perturbation Theory / 9.10: |
The Gyroscope: Theory and Applications / Chapter 10: |
Oscillations of a Symmetric Gyroscope / 10.1: |
Effect of Gimbal Inertia on the Motion of a Free Gyroscope / 10.2: |
Effect of Rotor Shaft Flexibility on the Frequency of Oscillation of a Free Gyroscope / 10.3: |
The Gyrocompass / 10.4: |
The Gyropendulum. Schuler Tuning / 10.5: |
Rate and Integrating Gyroscopes / 10.6: |
Problems in Celestial Mechanics / Chapter 11: |
Kepler's Equation. Orbit Determination / 11.1: |
The Many-Body Problem / 11.2: |
The Three-Body Problem / 11.3: |
The Restricted Three-Body Problem / 11.4: |
Stability of Motion Near the Lagrangian Points / 11.5: |
The Equations of Relative Motion. Disturbing Function / 11.6: |
Gravitational Potential and Torques for an Arbitrary Body / 11.7: |
Precession and Nutation of the Earth's Polar Axis / 11.8: |
Variation of the Orbital Elements / 11.9: |
The Resolution of the Disturbing Function / 11.10: |
Problems in Spacecraft Dynamics / Chapter 12: |
Transfer Orbits. Changes in the Orbital Elements Due to a Small Impulse / 12.1: |
Perturbations of a Satellite Orbit in the Gravitational Field of an Oblate Planet / 12.2: |
The Effect of Atmospheric Drag on Satellite Orbits / 12.3: |
The Attitude Motion of Orbiting Satellites. General Considerations / 12.4: |
The Attitude Stability of Earth-Pointing Satellites / 12.5: |
The Attitude Stability of Spinning Symmetrical Satellites / 12.6: |
Variable-Mass Systems / 12.7: |
Rocket Dynamics / 12.8: |
Dyadics / Appendix A: |
Elements of Topology and Modern Analysis / Appendix B: |
Sets and Functions / B.1: |
Metric Spaces / B.2: |
Topological Spaces / B.3: |
Name Index |
Subject Index |
Preface |
Fundamentals of Newtonian Mechanics / Chapter 1: |
Historical Survey of Mechanics / 1.1: |
Newton's Laws / 1.2: |
Impulse and Momentum / 1.3: |
Moment of a Force and Angular Momentum / 1.4: |