Analytical Mechanics

Author: Wang Zhenfa
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This book is based on the author's self-edited lecture notes on Analytical Mechanics, combined with years of teaching experience, and is written in line with the spirit of educational reform. It references analytical mechanics books from both domestic and international sources. The book is divided into seven chapters: Virtual Displacement Principle; Generalized D'Alembert's Principle and Lagrange Equations; Hamilton's Canonical Equations; Variational Principles in Mechanics; Vibration of Systems with One Degree of Freedom; Vibration of Systems with Two Degrees of Freedom; Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods in Special Relativity. This book can be used as a textbook for analytical mechanics courses in undergraduate programs of higher technical and engineering colleges with 30 to 60 hours of instruction, as well as a reference for graduate students and engineering professionals.