Dynamics of Rigid Bodies

Contents: Preface. 1. Conservation of momentum and energy. 2. Motion of top. 3. Lagrange's Equations of Motion Small Oscillation: normal co-ordinates. 4. Initial motion. 5. Hamiltonian formulation and variational principles. 6. Euler's Equations of Motion.

"There are number of books on "Dynamics of Rigid Bodies" in the market for the use of students. An effort has been made in this book to put the matter in a very lucid and simple way to that even a beginner has no difficulty in grasping the subject. Each chapter for this book contains complete theory and a fairly large number of solved examples. The answer to almost all unsolved problems have been checked and every care has been taken to avoid printing and other mistakes." (jacket)