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Disciplines of mechanics

• Biomechanics - study of mechanical properties of biologically created structures.
• Classical mechanics (a.k.a. Newtonian mechanics)
  • Dynamics -- objects in motion subject to forces
    • Astrodynamics
    • Celestial mechanics
  • Hamiltonian mechanics, a formalism for classical mechanics
  • Kinematics - objects in motion disregarding forces
  • Statics - objects in equilibrium
• Continuum mechanics
  • Acoustic theory
  • Fluid mechanicsFluid mechanics is the study of fluids ( liquids and gases) in motion and at rest, and the effect of the fluid on fluid boundaries, such as solid containers or other fluids. Fluid mechanics is an important branch of engineering, and has a number of subdis
  • Solid mechanicsSolid mechanics (also known as the Theory of elasticity is a branch of physics, which governs the response of solid material to applied stress (e. external forces). It is part of a broader study known as continuum mechanics. There are several standard mod
    • Strength of materialsStrength of materials is the scientific area of applied mechanics for the study of the strength of engineering materials and their mechanical behaviour in general (such as stress, deformation, strain and stress-strain relations). Strength is considered in
• Lie groupIn mathematics, a Lie group (pronounced "lee", named after Sophus Lie) is an analytic real or complex manifold that is also a group such that the group operations multiplication and inversion are analytic maps. Lie groups are important in mathematical ana symmetries
• MechatronicsMechatronics is the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering ("mecha" for mechanisms), electronic engineering ("tronics" for electronics), and software engineering. The purpose of this interdisciplinary engineering field is the study of automata
• Quantum mechanicswavefunctions of an electron in a hydrogen atom possessing definite energy (increasing downward: n 1,2,3,. and angular momentum (increasing across: s p d . Brighter areas correspond to higher probability density for a position measurement. The angular mom
• Statistical mechanicsStatistical mechanics is the application of statistics, which includes mathematical tools for dealing with large populations, to the field of mechanics, which is concerned with the motion of particles or objects when subjected to a force. It provides a fr
• Relativistic mechanicsAlbert Einstein's theory of relativity is a set of two theories in physics: special relativity and general relativity. The core idea of both theories is that two observers who move relative to each other will often measure different time and space interva
  • Gravitation