Table of contents : Introduction......Page 13Basic Problem of Mechanics......Page 151.1. Translational Motion of Bodies. Material Point......Page 161.2. Position of a Body in Space. Reference System......Page 171.3. Displacement......Page 191.4. On Vector Quantities......Page 201.5. Projections of a Vector onto Coordinate Axes and Operations on Projections......Page 231.6. Uniform Rectilinear Motion. Velocity......Page 281.7. Graphic Representation of Motion......Page 321.8. Relative Nature of Motion......Page 351.9. On System of Units......Page 40Summary......Page 422.1. Velocity of Nonuniform Motion......Page 4322. Acceleration. Uniformly Accelerated Motion......Page 462.3. Displacement in Uniformly Accelerated Motion......Page 5024. Measurement of Acceleration......Page 582.5. Free Fall. Acceleration Due to Gravity......Page 59Summary......Page 613.1. Displacement and Velocity in Curvilinear Motion......Page 633.2. Acceleration in Uniform Motion of a Body in a Circle......Page 663.3. Period and Frequency of a Body Moving in a Circle......Page 693.4. Motion on a Routing Body......Page 70Summary......Page 714.1. Bodies and Surroundings. Newton’s First Law......Page 734.2. Interaction of Bodies. Acceleration of Bodies as a Result of Their Interaction......Page 774.3. Inertia of Bodies......Page 804.4. Mass of Bodies......Page 824.5. Force......Page 864.6. Newton’s Second Law......Page 884.7. What Do We Learn from Newton’s Second Law?......Page 914.8. Measurement of Force......Page 944.9. Newton’s Third Law......Page 97Summary. The Importance of Newton’s Laws......Page 99Are There Many Types of Force in Nature?......Page 1025.1. Elastic Forces......Page 1035.2. Motion Is the Cause of Deformation......Page 1065.3. Force of Universal Gravitation......Page 1085.4. Gravitational Constant......Page 1115.5. Force of Gravity......Page 1135.6. Friction. Static Friction......Page 1165.7. Sliding Friction......Page 120Summary......Page 1236.1. Motion of a Body Under the Action of Elastic Force......Page 1246.2. Motion Under the Action of Force of Gravity: a Body Moves Along the Vertical......Page 1256.3. Motion Under the Action of Force of Gravity: Initial Velocity of a Body Is at an Angle to the Horizontal......Page 1306.4. Weight of a Body. Weightlessness......Page 1366.5. Weight of a Body Moving with an Acceleration......Page 1396.6. Artificial Earth’s Satellites. Orbital Velocity......Page 1436.7. Motion of a Body Under the Action of Friction......Page 1466.8. Motion of a Body Under the Action of Several Forces......Page 1486.9. Motion on Bends......Page 1536.10. Conditions of Translatory Motion of Bodies. Centre of Mass and Centre of Gravity......Page 1566.11. Are the Laws of Newtonian Mechanics Always Valid? (Motion from Different Points of View)......Page 158Summary......Page 1617.1. Equilibrium of Bodies in the Absence of Rotation......Page 1627.2. Equilibrium of Bodies with a Fixed Axis of Rotation......Page 1657.3. Stability of Equilibrium of Bodies......Page 171Summary......Page 1768.1. Force and Momentum......Page 1778.2. The Law of Conservation of Momentum......Page 1798.3. Reaction Propulsion......Page 183Summary......Page 1879.1. Mechanical Work......Page 1889.2. Work Done by Forces Applied to a Body and the Change in Its Velocity......Page 1919.3. Work Done by the Force of Gravity......Page 1959.4. Potential Energy of a Body Acted upon by the Force of Gravity......Page 1989.5. Work Done by an Elastic Force: Potential Energy of a Body Subject to Elastic Deformation......Page 2019.6. The Law of Conservation of Total Mechanical Energy......Page 2059.7. Friction Work and Mechanical Energy......Page 2099.8. Power......Page 2129.9. Energy Transformation. Utilization of Machinery......Page 2159.10. Efficiency......Page 2179.11. Flow of Fluid in Pipes. Bernoulli’s Law......Page 220On the Importance of Conservation Laws......Page 224Conclusion......Page 2261. Determination of the Acceleration of a Body in Uniformly Accelerated Motion......Page 2342. Measurement of the Rigidity of a Spring......Page 2353. Determination of the Coeflicient of Sliding Friction......Page 2374. Analysis of Motion of a Body Along a Parabola......Page 2385. Analysis of Motion of a Body in a Circle......Page 2396. Equilibrium Conditions for a Lever......Page 2417. Determination of the Centre of Gravity of a Flat Plate......Page 2428. Experimental Investigation of the Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy......Page 243Answers to Exercises......Page 245Index......Page 247