Classical Mechanics

Jan Awrejcewicz is the 2011 winner of the Humboldt Prize. This award is granted from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. The award is based on a reasearcher's entire achievements to date, whose fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights have had significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future. Prof. Awrejcewicz is also the main author of “Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies”, © 2009, Springer (AMMA v. 16), 978-0-387-09562-0. He is also the sole editor of “Modeling, Simulation and Control of Nonlinear Engineering Dynamical Systems”, © 2009 Springer, 978-1-4020-8777-6.

• Preface.- List of Symbols.- 1. Dynamics in Mechatronic Systems.- 2. Equations of Motion of a Rigid Spherical Body.- 3. Theory of Gyroscopes.- 4. Dynamics and Control of a Gyroscope.- 5. Gyroscopic Control in Self-Guidance Systems of Flying Objects.​