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

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Demtröder worked as research associate in the US and at University of Freiburg. He is professor emeritus at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. His research focuses on laser spectroscopy and molecular physics. His textbooks on laser spectroscopy and on experimental physics are considered classics in the respective fields.

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.