Classical Mechanics

Jan Awrejcewicz is the 2011 winner of the Humboldt Prize. This award is granted from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany and is based on a reasearcher's entire achievements to date, whose fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights have had significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future. Prof. Awrejcewicz is also the main author of “Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies”, © 2009, Springer (AMMA v. 16), 978-0-387-09562-0. He is also the sole editor of “Modeling, Simulation and Control of Nonlinear Engineering Dynamical Systems”, © 2009 Springer, 978-1-4020-8777-6.

Preface.- 1. Particle Dynamics, Material System Dynamics and Rigid Body Motion About a Point.- 2. Mathematical and Physical Pendulum.- 3. Statics and Dynamics in Generalized Coordinates.- 4. Classical Equations of Dynamics.- 5. Theory of Impact.- 6. Vibrations of Mechanical Systems.- 7. Elements of Dynamics of Planets.- 8. Dynamics of Systems of Variable Mass.- 9. Body and Multibody Dynamics.- 10. Stationary Motions of a Rigid Body and their Stability.​-11. Geometric Dynamics.