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Engineering Dynamics : a Comprehensive Introduction.

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This textbook introduces undergraduate students to engineering dynamics using an innovative approach that is at once accessible and comprehensive. Combining the strengths of both beginner and advanced dynamics texts, this book has students solving dynamics problems from the very start and gradually...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kasdin, N. Jeremy
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Other Authors: Paley, Derek A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Dynamics.
Mechanics.
Engineering.
Civil Engineering.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Newtonian mechanics
  • Planar Kinematics and kinetics of a particle
  • Linear and angular momentum of a particle
  • Energy of a particle
  • Linear momentum of a multiparticle system
  • Angular momentum and energy of a multiparticle system
  • Relative motion in a rotating frame
  • Dynamics of a planar rigid body
  • Particle kinematics and kinetics in there dimensions
  • Multiparticle and rigid-body dynamics in three dimensions
  • Some important examples
  • An introduction to analytical mechanics
  • Appendix A.A brief review of calculus
  • Appendix B. Vector algebra and useful identities
  • Appendix C. Differential equations
  • Appendix D. Moments of intertia of selected bodies.