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1 day ago · Rutherford's treatment of alpha particle scattering seems to rely on classical mechanics and yet the particles are of sub-atomic dimensions. However the critical aspects of the theory ultimately rely on conservation of momentum and energy.
1 day ago · In physics, Lagrangian mechanics is a formulation of classical mechanics founded on the stationary-action principle (also known as the principle of least action). It was introduced by the Italian-French mathematician and astronomer Joseph-Louis Lagrange in his presentation to the Turin Academy of Science in 1760 [ 1 ] culminating in ...
4 days ago · This textbook provides an introduction to classical mechanics at a level intermediate between the typical undergraduate and advanced graduate level. This text describes the background and tools for use in the fields of modern physics, such as quantum mechanics, astrophysics, particle physics, and relativity. #HappyReading
5 days ago · I have worked on vibrations in an engineering sense for 20+ years and I know of no formal technical definition of "oscillation." If you demand it be a limit cycle (repeated motion) then that rules out time decay to zero.
5 days ago · When quantum mechanics was originally formulated, it was applied to models whose correspondence limit was non-relativistic classical mechanics.
1 day ago · John Taylor has brought to his most recent book, Classical Mechanics, all of the clarity and insight that made his Introduction to Error Analysis a best-selling text. Classical Mechanics is intended for students who have studied some mechanics in an introductory physics course, such as "freshman physics."
1 day ago · This paper addresses the modelling of material behaviour in terms of differential (or rate) equations. To comply with the objectivity principle, recourse is made to invariant fields in the Lagrangian description or to objective time derivatives in the Eulerian description. The thermodynamic consistency is investigated in terms of the Clausius–Duhem inequality with two unusual features ...
