"Classical mechanics is a physical theory describing the motion of macroscopic objects, from projectiles to parts of machinery and astronomical objects, such as spacecraft, planets, stars, and galaxies."
Study of the motion of objects and the forces causing the motion.
Kinematics: The study of motion without consideration of the forces that cause it, including acceleration, velocity, and displacement.
Kinetics: The study of the forces that act on a body and cause it to move.
Statics: The study of bodies in equilibrium or at rest and the forces acting on them.
Dynamics: The study of bodies in motion and the forces acting on them.
Muscle mechanics: The study of how muscles generate force and movement.
Biomechanical modeling: The creation of mathematical models to describe the mechanics of biological systems.
Inverse dynamics: The calculation of the forces that caused a particular motion.
Joint mechanics: The study of how joints work and the forces they generate.
Gait analysis: The study of human walking patterns and how they are affected by different factors.
Ergonomics: The study of work environments and how they can be optimized to reduce injury and improve productivity.
Sports biomechanics: The study of the mechanics of sports movements and techniques.
Rehabilitation biomechanics: The study of how biomechanics can be used to aid in the rehabilitation of injuries.
Prosthetics and orthotics: The study of the design and function of artificial limbs and orthopedic devices.
Biomechanics of tissues: The study of the mechanical properties of biological tissues, such as bone, cartilage, and muscle.
Biomechanics of organisms: The study of the mechanics of whole organisms, including humans, animals, and plants.
Kinematics: The study of movement, without reference to the forces causing the movement.
Kinetics: The study of the forces that cause motion.
Statics: The study of bodies in a state of equilibrium.
Dynamics: The study of bodies in motion, including acceleration and energy transfer.
Fluid dynamics: The study of fluids in motion, including the behavior of air and water.
Gait analysis: The study of human walking or running, including the mechanics of the body, force generation, and energy transfer.
Neuromuscular dynamics: The study of the interaction between the nervous system and the muscular system.
Biomechanical analysis: The study of the mechanics of biological systems, including tissues, cells, and organs.
Teleoperation: The study of remote control and telepresence systems, as applied to robotic and human body systems.
Biofluid mechanics: The study of the mechanics of fluids in biological systems, including blood and other body fluids.
"For objects governed by classical mechanics, if the present state is known, it is possible to predict how it will move in the future (determinism)."
"For objects governed by classical mechanics, if the present state is known, it is possible to [...] how it has moved in the past (reversibility)."
"The 'classical' in 'classical mechanics' does not refer classical antiquity, as it might in, say, classical architecture. On the contrary, the development of classical mechanics involved substantial change in the methods and philosophy of physics."
"The qualifier distinguishes classical mechanics from physics developed after the revolutions of the early 20th century, which revealed limitations of classical mechanics."
"It consists of the physical concepts based on foundational works of Sir Isaac Newton, and the mathematical methods invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Leonhard Euler, and other contemporaries in the 17th century to describe the motion of bodies under the influence of forces."
"Later, more abstract methods were developed, leading to the reformulations of classical mechanics known as Lagrangian mechanics and Hamiltonian mechanics."
"These advances, made predominantly in the 18th and 19th centuries, extend substantially beyond earlier works, particularly through their use of analytical mechanics."
"They are, with some modification, also used in all areas of modern physics."
"Classical mechanics provides accurate results when studying large objects that are not extremely massive and speeds not approaching the speed of light."
"When the objects being examined have about the size of an atom diameter, it becomes necessary to introduce the other major sub-field of mechanics: quantum mechanics."
"To describe velocities that are not small compared to the speed of light, special relativity is needed."
"In cases where objects become extremely massive, general relativity becomes applicable."
"A number of modern sources do include relativistic mechanics in classical physics, which in their view represents classical mechanics in its most developed and accurate form."
"[Classical mechanics describes] the motion of macroscopic objects, from projectiles to parts of machinery and astronomical objects, such as spacecraft, planets, stars, and galaxies."
"For objects governed by classical mechanics, if the present state is known, it is possible to predict how it will move in the future (determinism)."
"It consists of the physical concepts based on foundational works of Sir Isaac Newton, and the mathematical methods invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Leonhard Euler, and other contemporaries in the 17th century to describe the motion of bodies under the influence of forces."
"Later, more abstract methods were developed, leading to the reformulations of classical mechanics known as Lagrangian mechanics and Hamiltonian mechanics."
"They are, with some modification, also used in all areas of modern physics."
"Classical mechanics provides accurate results when studying large objects that are not extremely massive and speeds not approaching the speed of light."