Concise and accessible coverage of classical mechanics, thermodynamics and hydrodynamics
Focusses on real life applications and transfer of theoretical knowledge to practical developments
Contains numerous problems with detailed solutions

Autorentext
Wolfgang Demtröder, University Kaiserslautern

Inhalt
Mechanics and Thermodynamics.- Mechanics of a Point Mass.- Moving Coordinate Systems and Special Relativity.- Systems of Point Masses; Collisions.- Dynamics of Rigid Bodies.- Real Solid and Liquid Bodies.- Gases.- Liquid and Gases in Motion; Fluid Dynamics.- Vacuum Physics.- Thermodynamics.- Mechanical Oscillations and Waves.- Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos.- Appendix.- Solutions of the Problems.