AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON MECHANICS: STATICS

By S. RANAE

1 INTRODUCTION 2 GETTING STARTED WITH PROGRAMMING EXAMPLE: PLOT OF FUNCTION AND DERIVATIVE 3 UNITS AND MEASUREMENT 4 MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION EXAMPLE: MOTION OF A FALLING TENNIS BALL 5 FORCES IN ONE DIMENSION 6 MOTION IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS 7 FORCES IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS 8 CONSTRAINED MOTION 9 FORCES AND CONSTRAINED MOTION 10 WORK 11 ENERGY 12 MOMENTUM, IMPULSE, AND COLLISIONS 13 MULTIPARTICLE SYSTEMS EXAMPLE: POINTS ON A LINE EXAMPLE: CENTER OF MASS OF OBJECT WITH HOLE EXAMPLE: CENTER OF MASS BY INTEGRATION EXAMPLE: BALLISTIC MOTION WITH AN EXPLOSION 14 ROTATIONAL MOTION 15 ROTATION OF RIGID BODIES EXAMPLE: MOMENT OF INERTIA OF TWO-PARTICLE SYSTEM EXAMPLE: MOMENT OF INERTIA OF A PLATE EXAMPLE: ROTATING ROD EXAMPLE: WEIGHT AND SPINNING WHEEL 16 DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES