"Babes-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

Theoretical mechanics (2)
Code
Semes-
ter
Hours: C+S+L
Credits
Type
Section
MM002
5
2+1+0
6
compulsory
Matematică
MM002
7
2+1+0
6
optional
Matematică-Informatică
Teaching Staff in Charge
Prof. PETRILA Titus, Ph.D.,  tpetrilacs.ubbcluj.ro
Assoc.Prof. KOHR Mirela, Ph.D.,  mkohrmath.ubbcluj.ro
Assoc.Prof. SZENKOVITS Ferenc, Ph.D.,  fszenkomath.ubbcluj.ro
Lect. BLAGA Cristina Olivia, Ph.D.,  cpblagamath.ubbcluj.ro
Aims
Teaching of fundamental notions of mechanics: cinematics of the material point and of rigid body, fundamental notions from the dynamics of the material point and of the rigid body. Application of the theory of differential and integral calculus theory and also of the theory of differential equations in the study of some special problems in mechanics.
Content
1. Lagrangean mechanics:
-Restrictions of motion and displacements
-The equation of d'Alembert and Lagrange. Applications:
-Equations for the motion of rigid bodies.
-The principle of virtual displacements. Applications
-Lagrange's equations of the first kind
-Lagrange equations of the second kind. Prime integrals. Applications
2. Mechanics of nonholonomic systems
-Lagrange's equations of the second kind with multipliers
3. Hamiltonean mechanics:
-Theory of Hamilton's equations. Prime integrals
-Theory of Hamilton and Jacobi. Applications
4. The stability theory:
-Equivalent definitions of the stable equilibrium
-Theorems for stability.
-Equations of the small oscillations around a stable equillibrium configuration.
-Applications.
5. Variational principles of mechanics
-Basic notions of calculus of variations
- Hamilton's principle


References
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2. ARNOLD, VLADIMIR I.: Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics. Berlin: Springer, 1997.
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5. COOPER, RICHARD K. - PELLEGRINI, CLAUDIO: Modern Analytical Mechanics. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1999.
6. DRAGOS, LAZAR: Principiile Mecanicii Analitice. Bucuresti: Ed. Tehnica, 1976.
7. IACOB, CAIUS: Mecanica Teoretica. Bucuresti: Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, 1972.
8. TOROK, JOSEF. S.: Analytical Mechanics with an Introduction to Dynamical Systems. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000.
9. TURCU, AUREL - KOHR-ILE, MIRELA: Culegere de Probleme de Mecanica Teoretica. Cluj-Napoca: Litografia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, 1993.
10.WOODHOUSE, NICHOLAS M.J.: Introduction to Analytical Dynamics. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1987.
11. ARNOLD, V.I.: A mechanika matematikai módszerei, Muszaki Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1985.
12. BUDÓ Ágoston: Mechanika. Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1972
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14. GÁBOS Z.: Az elméleti fizika alapjai. Dacia Könyvkiadó, Kolozsvár, 1982.
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17. NAGY Károly: Elméleti mechanika. Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1993.
18. SZENKOVITS Ferenc et alii: Mechanikai rendszerek számítógépes modellezése. Kolozsvár, Sciencia Kiadó, 2002.
19. SZENKOVITS Ferenc: Analitikus mechanika. Kézirat, 2004. [http://math.ubbcluj.ro/~fszenko/em2]
Assessment
Exam (70%) + student activity (20%) + test paper (10%).