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2 - Basics of Mechanics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2023

Nikolai Kocherginsky
Nikolai Kocherginsky
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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Chapter 2 reminds the basics of Newtonian and theoretical mechanics, and introduces nonconservative and entropic forces.

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Newtonian mechanicsLagrangian mechanicsHamiltonian mechanicsentropic forces
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Physicochemical Mechanics
With Applications in Physics, Chemistry, Membranology and Biology
 , pp. 14 - 35
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Basics of Mechanics
  • Nikolai Kocherginsky, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Book: Physicochemical Mechanics
  • Online publication: 30 November 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108368629.003
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  • Basics of Mechanics
  • Nikolai Kocherginsky, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Book: Physicochemical Mechanics
  • Online publication: 30 November 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108368629.003
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  • Basics of Mechanics
  • Nikolai Kocherginsky, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Book: Physicochemical Mechanics
  • Online publication: 30 November 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108368629.003
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