Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Newtonian mechanics of a single particle
- 1 The algebra and calculus of vectors
- 2 Velocity, acceleration and scalar angular velocity
- 3 Newton's laws of motion and the law of gravitation
- 4 Problems in particle dynamics
- 5 Linear oscillations
- 6 Energy conservation
- 7 Orbits in a central field
- 8 Non-linear oscillations and phase space
- 2 Multi-particle systems
- 3 Analytical mechanics
- 4 Further topics
- Appendix Centres of mass and moments of inertia
- Answers to the problems
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Orbits in a central field
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Newtonian mechanics of a single particle
- 1 The algebra and calculus of vectors
- 2 Velocity, acceleration and scalar angular velocity
- 3 Newton's laws of motion and the law of gravitation
- 4 Problems in particle dynamics
- 5 Linear oscillations
- 6 Energy conservation
- 7 Orbits in a central field
- 8 Non-linear oscillations and phase space
- 2 Multi-particle systems
- 3 Analytical mechanics
- 4 Further topics
- Appendix Centres of mass and moments of inertia
- Answers to the problems
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Classical Mechanics , pp. 155 - 193Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006