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This volume on mechanics of rigid and elastic bodies contains early papers of Bernoulli concerning geometric statics, accompanied by works dealing with the motion of compound pendula and the deformation of beams.



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Differential statics.- Dynamics.- Various mechanical and dynamical propositions.- Problems concerning rigid triangular wedges.- Criticism of de la Hire’s analysis.- Central forces.- The living forces.- Bernoulli’s notion of living forces and applications.- Manuscripts on mechanics.- Elasticity.- Problems concerning strings.- Vibrating strings.- Further solutions to the equations of the catenary.- A solution for the Elastica.- Multiple pendula.- Manuscripts on elasticity.

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      Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
      Publication Date: 14/11/2007
      ISBN13: 9783764373672, 978-3764373672
      ISBN10: 3764373679
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This volume on mechanics of rigid and elastic bodies contains early papers of Bernoulli concerning geometric statics, accompanied by works dealing with the motion of compound pendula and the deformation of beams.



      Table of Contents
      Differential statics.- Dynamics.- Various mechanical and dynamical propositions.- Problems concerning rigid triangular wedges.- Criticism of de la Hire’s analysis.- Central forces.- The living forces.- Bernoulli’s notion of living forces and applications.- Manuscripts on mechanics.- Elasticity.- Problems concerning strings.- Vibrating strings.- Further solutions to the equations of the catenary.- A solution for the Elastica.- Multiple pendula.- Manuscripts on elasticity.

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