Classical Mechanics

This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference on Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics held at the University of Oxford in Apr...

The aim of this book is to give a physical treatment of the kinetic theory of gases and magnetoplasmas, covering the standard material in as simple...

One-dimensional variational problems have been somewhat neglected in the literature on calculus of variations, as authors usually treat minimal pro...

The object of homogenization theory is the description of the macroscopic properties of structures with fine microstructure, covering a wide range ...

This book gives a general presentation of the mathematical and numerical connections kinetic theory and conservation laws based on several earlier ...

In his conversational style, Anthony Zee examines the nature of gravity and its role in our universe. Zee starts from a birthday gift that Albert E...

Far from the hushed restraint we associate with the Victorians, their world pulsated with sound. This book shows how, in more ways than one, Victor...

This book presents a comprehensive and rigorous introduction to the fundamental principles and differential equations that govern the kinematics an...

This book takes a fresh look at the wave function mathematics that provide the theoretical underpinnings of molecular spectroscopy. Original work d...

Presenting a comprehensive description of the theory and physics of high-intensity ultrasound, this book also deals with a wide range of problems a...

This text features 105 papers dealing with the fundamentals and the applications of poromechanics from the Biot conference of 1998, held in Louvain...

Proceedings of the fifth international symposium, with the main topic of Continuum Models of Discrete Systems held in Nottingham, between the 14-20...

Industrial Analysis with Vibrational Spectroscopy is an integrated work which emphasises the synergy and complementary nature of the techniques of ...

Fluid mechanics is one of the greatest accomplishments of classical physics. The Navier-Stokes equations, first derived in the eighteenth century, ...

This book brings together a number of lectures given between 1993 and 1999 as part of a special series hosted by the Federal University of Pernambu...

This volume, available for the first time in paperback, is a standard work on the physical aspects of acoustics. Starting from first principles, th...