Dynamics of Mechanical Systems - Softcover

Josephs, Harold; Huston, Ronald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367396041 ISBN 13: 9780367396046

Publisher: CRC Press, 2019

Synopsis

Mechanical systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated and continually require greater precision, improved reliability, and extended life. To meet the demand for advanced mechanisms and systems, present and future engineers must understand not only the fundamental mechanical components, but also the principles of vibrations, stability, and balance and the use of Newton's laws, Lagrange's equations, and Kane's methods.

Dynamics of Mechanical Systems provides a vehicle for mastering all of this. Focusing on the fundamental procedures behind dynamic analyses, the authors take a vector-oriented approach and lead readers methodically from simple concepts and systems through the analysis of complex robotic and bio-systems. A careful presentation that balances theory, methods, and applications gives readers a working knowledge of configuration graphs, Euler parameters, partial velocities and partial angular velocities, generalized speeds and forces, lower body arrays, and Kane's equations.

Evolving from more than three decades of teaching upper-level engineering courses, Dynamics of Mechanical Systems enables readers to obtain and refine skills ranging from the ability to perform insightful hand analyses to developing algorithms for numerical/computer analyses. Ultimately, it prepares them to solve real-world problems and make future advances in mechanisms, manipulators, and robotics.

About this title

About the Author:

Josephs, Harold; Huston, Ronald

Review:

"Clear and well written could serve as an excellent resource for independent study and for beginning graduate students and practicing engineers." -CHOICE, December 2002

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0367396041
• ISBN 13: 9780367396046
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 776