Cartesian Tensors

A TEXTBOOK OF MECHANICS provides a comprehensive coverage of all the diverse topics in Mechanics and is designed to serve as a textbook for Physics, Applied Mathematics, Applied Mechanics and as a workbook for Engineering students.Key Features: -A wide variety of Exercises in each section and sub-section -Worked out examples illustrated according to the theories developed in the book with possible alternatives. -Exhaustive collection of problems and the simplicity of presentation -Discussion on the subject in a systematic manner that may cater to most of the demands of the learners -Material contained will help teachers as well as aspiring students of different competitive examinations and research -A variety of exercises drill the students in problem solving in view of mathematical theories explained in the bookTable of Contents: Preface / Mechanics of a Particle / Generalised Co-ordinates / Variational Principle / Lagrangian Mechanics / Hamiltonian Mechanics / Transformation Theory / Hamilton-Jacobi Theory / Rotating Frames of Reference / Dynamics of Rigid Body / Central Force Field / Theory of Small Oscillations / Relativistic Mechanics / Bibliography / Index.