Analytical Dynamics: A New Approach - Hardcover

Udwadia, Firdaus E.; Kalaba, Robert E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521482178 ISBN 13: 9780521482172

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book offers a fresh, readable approach to the analysis of mechanical systems. It is written as an introduction to analytical dynamics, with an emphasis on fundamental concepts in mechanics. The book begins with a description of the motion of a particle subjected to constraints, and presents explicit equations of motion that govern large classes of constrained mechanical systems with refreshingly simple results. The authors provide examples throughout the book, as well as carefully formulated end-of-chapter problems that reinforce the material covered.

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Book Description

Constrained motion is of paramount importance in the design and analysis of mechanical systems and central to the study of analytical dynamics. This book offers a fresh, new approach to the subject. It is written as an introduction, with an emphasis on fundamental concepts in mechanics. The book begins with a description of the motion of a particle subjected to constraints and presents explicit equations of motion that govern large classes of constrained mechanical systems with refreshingly simple results. Examples and carefully formulated problems are included in each chapter.

Review

"Based on a fresh concept of the Moore-Penrose generalized inverse of a matrix, this textbook gives a non-traditional description of only one, but a very important, topic of analytical dynamics, namely, the derivation of the equations of motion of a constrained discrete mechanical system from the differential Gauss principle. The clear exposition with many interesting detailed examples and suggestions for further reading makes this book useful for 'the average college senior in science and engineering' as well as for any specialist in mechanics." A. Sumbatov, Mathematical Reviews, 98j

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521482178
• ISBN 13: 9780521482172
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 276