This book employs an approximate approach that can be systematically improved to investigate the statics and dynamics of deformable solid bodies. We apply these methods to investigate various phenomena encountered in planetary science that include disruptions during planetary fly-bys, equilibrium shapes, and nutational damping. With several space missions underway, and more being planned, interest in our immediate neighbourhood is growing. We feel that our flexible procedure may help gain valuable insight into the mechanics of solar system bodies, while at the same time complementing numerical investigations. The technique itself is built upon the virial method employed advantageously by Chandrasekhar (1969) for studying the equilibrium shapes of spinning fluid objects. However, we modify Chandrasekhar's approach to study more complex dynamical situations and include objects of different rheologies, e.g., granular aggregates. This book itself requires basic familiarity with celestial mechanics and solid mechanics, though it is to a great extent self-contained.
- ISBN10 364212075X
- ISBN13 9783642120756
- Publish Date 1 June 2011
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 23 December 2015
- Publish Country DE
- Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Edition 2016 ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 300
- Language English