For both historical and pedagogical reasons, it first discusses the application of the principle to systems of particles, including conservative and non-conservative systems and systems with constraints.
Dr. Anthony Bedford is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Mechanics of Systems of Particles .- Mathematical Preliminaries.- Mechanics of Continuous Media.- Motions and Comparison Motions of a Mixture.- Singular Surfaces.- Index.