Advanced dynamics / Shuh-Jing (Benjamin) Ying.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ying, Shuh-Jing, 1930-

Series:

AIAA education series.

AIAA education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dynamics.

Mechanics, Applied.

Physical Description:

xiii, 370 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics, and Astronautics, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advanced dynamics forms the foundation of physical science and is recognized as an important subject of study for all engineering students and professionals in competitive university programmes and throughout the industry. This textbook explains the fundamental laws of motion and goes on to cover topics including gyroscopic effect, missile trajectories, interplanetary mission, multistage rockets and use of numerical methods. In addition, theories such as the rotation operator are developed.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Foreword

Table of Contents

Review of Fundamental Principles

Kinematics and Dynamics of a Particle

Dynamics of a System of Particles

Lagrange's Equations and the Variational Principle

Rockets and Space Vehicles

Matrices, Tensors, Dyadics, and Rotation Operators

Dynamics of a Rigid Body

Fundamentals of Small Oscillations

Vibration of Systems with Multiple Degrees of Freedom

Special Relativity Theory

Runge-Kutta Method

Stoke's Theorem

Planetary Data

Determinants and Matrices

Method of Partial Fractions

Tables of Fourier and Laplace Transforms

Contour Integration and Inverse Laplace Transform

Bessel Functions

Instructions for Computer Programs

Further Reading

Subject Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365) and index.

ISBN:

1-60086-130-X

1-60086-002-8

1-60119-221-5

OCLC:

922978752