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Mechanics, 1/e


Mechanics, 1/e
Author(s)  Somnath Datta
ISBN  9788131773734
Imprint  Pearson Education
Copyright  2012
Pages  650
Binding  Paperback
List Price  Rs. 550.00
  
 
 

This book meets the requirement for an ideal text on Mechanics for undergraduate students. The book gives the readers a better understanding of topics like Rectilinear Motion, Conservation of Energy and Equation of Motion. Provides a good number of examples with good use real time illustration and exercises for practice and challenge.

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Dr Somnath Datta, Professor (Retired), Head of the Department of Science and Mathematics,  and the Dean of instructions, Regional Institute of Education,  (National Council of Educational Research and Training),  Bhubaneswar 750007 , Orissa, India. He also served as a visiting faculty, Department of Physics, Mysore University, Mysore.

 

  1. Introduction
  2. Velocity and Acceleration in Rectilinear Motion
  3. Vectors in Physics. Velocity and Acceleration as Vectors
  4. Conservation of Momentum
  5. Newton's Second Law of Motion
  6. The Law of Universal Gravitation
  7. Newton's Third Law of Motion
  8. Work and Energy in One Dimensional Motion
  9. Motion Under Central Forces
  10. Work and Energy in 3-Dimensional Motion
  11. Ideal Fluid at Rest and in Motion
  12. Motion of a System of Particles. Rigid Body Rotating about a Fixed Axis
  13. Accelerating and Rotating Frames of Reference
  14. Relativistic Mechanics
 



  • Comprehensive coverage of Newton's Law of Motion.
  • Detailed coverage on Conservation Laws of momentum, energy and Law of gravitation
  • 180 worked out examples
  • 185 end of chapter exercises
 
 
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