Classical mechanics

The Earth's atmosphere is often portrayed as a thin and finite blanket covering our planet, separate from the emptiness of outer space.

Research on polyhedral manifolds often points to unexpected connections between very distinct aspects of Mathematics and Physics.

This collection is dedicated to the 70th jubilee of Yu.

Theoretical Modelling of Aeroheating on Sharpened Noses under Rarefied Gas Effects and Nonequilibrium Real Gas Effects employs a theoretical modeling method to study hypersonic flows and aeroheating on sharpened noses under rarefied gas effects and nonequilibrium real gas effects that are beyond the scope of traditional fluid mechanics.

The study of classical electromagnetic fields is an adventure.

The fascinating rainbow colors we see in soap film not only delight us; they also help us understand the physical essence of nature.

This technical book considers the application side of LDA techniques.

"e;General Relativity Without Calculus"e; offers a compact but mathematically correct introduction to the general theory of relativity, assuming only a basic knowledge of high school mathematics and physics.

The present Volume 4 of the successful monograh package "e;Multiphase Flow Dynamics"e;is devoted to selected Chapters of the multiphase fluid dynamics that are important for practical applications but did not find place in the previous volumes.

This is an up-to-date reference and textbook on modern acoustics from a signal-theoretic point of view, as well as a wave-theoretic approach for students, engineers, and researchers.

Multi-phase flows are part of our natural environment such as tornadoes, typhoons, air and water pollution and volcanic activities as well as part of industrial technology such as power plants, combustion engines, propulsion systems, or chemical and biological industry.

This book continues the fundamental work of Arnold Sommerfeld and David Hestenes formulating theoretical physics in terms of Minkowski space-time geometry.

This book provides an original introduction to the geometry of Minkowski space-time.

In the framework of the Diderot Mathematical Forum (DMF) of the European Mathematical Society (EMS), December 19-20, 1997, a Videoconference was held linking three teams of specialists in Amsterdam, Madrid and Venice respectively.

Physics and mathematics students are as eager as ever to become acquainted withthefoundationsofgeneralrelativityandsomeofitsmajorapplicationsin astrophysics and cosmology.

New developments for hydrodynamical dynamo theory have been spurred by recent evidence of self-sustained dynamo activity in laboratory experiments with liquid metals.

Symmetries, coupled with the mathematical concept of group theory, are an essential conceptual backbone in the formulation of quantum field theories capable of describing the world of elementary particles.

In this textbook, the author introduces the concept of unsteady aerodynamics and its underlying principles.

1946 is the year Bryce DeWitt entered Harvard graduate school.

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This second volume of the series Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics is the second part of the compendium of reviewed articles presented at the 11th EUROMECH-MECAMAT conference entitled "e;Mechanics of microstructured solids: cellular materials, fibre reinforced solids and soft tissues"e;, which took place in Torino (Italy) in March 10-14, 2008, at the Museo Regional delle Scienze.

It would seem that any specialist in plasma physics studying a medium in which the interaction between particles is as distance-dependent as the inter- action between stars and other gravitating masses would assert that the role of collective effects in the dynamics of gravitating systems must be decisive.

"e;Physical Chemistry in Depth"e; is not a stand-alone text, but complements the text of any standard textbook on "e;Physical Chemistry"e; into depth having in mind to provide profound understanding of some of the topics presented in these textbooks.

This expanded second edition of Relativity and the Nature of Spacetime c- tains several major changes and a number of additions to different ch- ters.

This is the fourth book from the Series "e;Scientific Fundamentals of Ro- botics"e;.

This book is a comprehensive study of the life and mathematics of Walter Noll, who is widely known as the creator of the mathematical tools of modern rational mechanics and thermodynamics.

The book reviews the two features of the variational approach: its use as a universal tool to describe physical phenomena and as a source for qualitative and quantitative methods of studying particular problems.

Fast Simulation of Electro-Thermal MEMS provides the reader with a complete methodology and software environment for creating efficient dynamic compact models for electro-thermal MEMS devices.

The focus of this book is the physical modeling of mechatronic sensors and actuators and their precise numerical simulation using the Finite Element Method (FEM).

Fluid mechanics is a field that spreads widely and to all fields of engineering, science and medicine.

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In order to allow the application of the theory from all the three volumes also to processes in combustion engines a systematic set of internally consistent state equations for diesel fuel gas and liquid valid in broad range of changing pressure and temperature are provided also in Volume 3.

Mathematics is undoubtedly the key to state-of-the-art high technology.

The 17 chapters of "e;How to Gain Gain"e; give a detailed insight into a collection of the most common gain producing and constant current generating possibilities (28) of triodes for audio pre-amplifier purposes.

Psychoacoustics - Facts and Models offers a unique, comprehensive summary of information describing the processing of sound by the human hearing system.

Four previous editions of this book were published in 1989, 1992, 1999, and 2001.

Interface phenomena are most fascinating because of the mixing of different scales and the interference of diverse physical processes.

The problems of transient interaction of deformable bodies with surrounding media are of great practical and theoretical importance.

Suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles or ferrofluids can be effectively controlled by magnetic fields, which opens up a fascinating field for basic research into fluid dynamics as well as a host of applications in engineering and medicine.

The fourth edition contains again various revisions and updates throughout the whole book.

Especially designed as self-sustaining oscillating systems, resonant robotic systems use the natural modes of oscillation of electromechanical modules for their movements.

Food Physics deals with the physical properties of food, food ingredients and their measurement.