Rigid body mechanics : mathematics, physics and applications /
William B. Heard.
- Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH, c2006.
- xiii, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Physics textbook"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246)
Preface - 1. Rotations - 2. Kinematics, energy and momentum - 3. Dynamics - 4. Constrained systems - 5. Integrable systems - 6. Numerical methods - 7. Applications - Appendix A. Spherical trigonomety - Appendix B. Elliptic functions - C. Lie groups and Lie algebras - D. Notation - References - Index.