Mechanics and Thermodynamics

This introduction to classical mechanics and thermodynamics provides an accessible and clear treatment of the fundamentals. Starting with particle mechanics and an early introduction to special relativity this textbooks enables the reader to understand the basics in mechanics. The text is written fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Demtröder, Wolfgang (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Mechanics and Thermodynamics
  • Mechanics of a Point Mass
  • Moving Coordinate Systems and Special Relativity
  • Systems of Point Masses; Collisions
  • Dynamics of Rigid Bodies
  • Real Solid and Liquid Bodies
  • Gases
  • Liquid and Gases in Motion; Fluid Dynamics
  • Vacuum Physics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Mechanical Oscillations and Waves
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
  • Appendix
  • Solutions of the Problems.