Dynamics in engineering practice. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Childs, Dara W; Conkey, Andrew P
• Contents: Introduction and Fundamentals; Introduction; Short History of Dynamics; Units; Planar Kinematics of Particles ; Introduction; Motion in a Straight Line; Particle Motion in a Plane: Cartesian Coordinates; Coordinate Transformations: Relationships between Components of a Vector in Two-Coordinate Systems; Particle Motion in a Plane: Polar Coordinates; Particle Motion in a Plane: Normal-Tangential (Path) Coordinates; Moving between Cartesian, Polar-, and Path-Coordinate Definitions for Velocity and Acceleration Components; Time-Derivative Relationships in Two-Coordinate Systems; Velocity and Acceleration Relationships in Two Cartesian Coordinate Systems; Relative Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Vectors between Two Points in the Same Coordinate System; Summary and Discussion; Problems; Planar Kinetics of Particles ; Introduction; Differential Equations of Motion for a Particle Moving in a Straight Line: An Introduction to Physical Modeling; More Motion in a Straight Line: Degrees of Freedom and Equations of Kinematic Constraints; Motion in a Plane: Equations of Motion and Forces of Constraint; Particle Kinetics Examples with More than 1DOF; Work-Energy Applications for 1DOF Problems in Plane Motion; Linear-Momentum Applications in Plane Motion; Moment of Momentum; Summary and Discussion; Problems; Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies ; Introduction; Rotation about a Fixed Axis; Velocity and Acceleration Relationships for Two Points in a Rigid Body; Rolling without Slipping; Planar Mechanisms; Summary and Discussion; Problems; Planar Kinetics of Rigid Bodies ; Introduction; Inertia Properties and the Parallel-Axis Formula; Governing Force and Moment Equations for a Rigid Body; Kinetic Energy for Planar Motion of a Rigid Body; Fixed-Axis-Rotation Applications of the Force, Moment, and Energy Equations; Compound Pendulum Applications; General Applications of Force, Moment, and Energy Equations for Planar Motion of a Rigid Body; Moment of Momentum for Planar Motion; Summary and Discussion; Problems; Lagrange’s Equations of Motion ; Introduction; Deriving Lagrange’s Equations of Motion; Applying Lagrange’s Equation of Motion to Problems without Kinematic Constraints; Conservation of Momenta from Lagrange’s Equations of Motion; Application of Lagrange’s Equations to Examples with Algebraic Kinematic Constraints; Using Lagrange Multipliers to Define Reaction Forces for Systems with Generalized Coordinates; Summary and Discussion; Problems; A: Essentials of Matrix Algebra ; B: Essentials of Differential Equations ; Mass Properties of Common Solid Bodies ; Answers to Selected Problems ; References
• Edition: 11th edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 620.1054; Dynamics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482250282; 9781482250268; 9781482250275
• Related ISBNs: 9781482250251
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