Engineering Dynamics A Unified Approach

Designed for sophomores and juniors in a mechanical/aerospace engineering program, this sophisticated introduction presents fundamental concepts and theory of dynamics and engineering mechanics. It dispenses with advanced theory in favor of applications and practical instruction. Unlike other introductory dynamics textbooks, this work covers an integrated range of dynamics areas, with extensive modeling through MATLAB® and Simulink® examples. A complete solutions manual is available with qualifying course adoptions, and computer code can be accessed from a companion website.

Introduction Scope of work Dimensions and units Nomenclature Assumptions Particles, rigid bodies and deformable bodies Dimensions and degrees of freedom Mass Force Moments Free-body diagrams Friction Work Conservative forces Mechanical System Components Stability MATLAB® and Simulink®Kinematics of Particles Introduction Kinematic quantities One-dimensional motion Multi-dimensional motion Curvilinear motion Relative motion Systems of particles Kinematics of Rigid Bodies Introduction Planar Motion of a Rigid Body Vector form of relative velocity and relative acceleration equations Coriolis Acceleration Three-dimensional motion Newtonian Mechanics Applied to Particles Introduction Newton's Laws of Motion Application of Newton's Law to particles Mathematical modeling of particle motion System of particles Mathematical modeling of motion of system of particles Use of Simulink Newtonian Mechanics Applied to Rigid Bodies Force equation Angular momentum Planar motion of rigid bodies D' Alembert's Principle Mathematical modeling of rigid-body motion Systems of multiple rigid bodies Three-dimensional motion Principle of Work and Energy Forms of energy Principle of work and energy Power Conservative systems Mathematical modeling using the principle of work and energy Principle of Impulse and Momentum Impulse Linear momentum Angular momentum Principle of impulse and momentum Impact problems Lagrangian Dynamics Variations Principle of virtual work Lagrange's equations for conservative systems Lagrange's equations for non-conservative systems Mathematical modeling using Lagrange's equations Kinematics of Machines Introduction Mechanisms Cam and follower systems Gear trainsVibrations Introduction Free vibrations of single-degree-of-freedom systems Forced vibrations of single-degree-of-freedom systems Free vibrations of multi-degree-of-freedom systems Forced vibrations of multi-degree-of-freedom systems Dynamics of Deformable Bodies Bars, shafts aod beams Stress aod strain Sing1e-degree-of-freedom modeling of deformable bodies Multi-degree-of-freedom modeling of deformable bodies Distributed parameter modeling of deformable bodies Finite-element modeling of deformable bodies Gyroscopic Motion Introduction Gyroscopic motion Spinning top Machine dynamics Deformable bodies An Introduction to Control Systems Actuators State space analysis Block diagrams Feedback control systems Transfer functions Relationships between transfer functions block diagrams and state space analysis Controllers Impulsive input Harmonic input Simulink® Modeling Appendix A: Solution of Ordinary Differential Equations Appendix B: Flexibility Influence Coefficients Appendix C: MATLAB® and Simulink®