Focusing on the analysis and control of engineering mechanisms, this textbook covers a wide range of moving apparatus, from musical instruments to robots. It rigorously explores both vibrations and controls, allowing for comprehensive study over a one-year sequence or a single semester course. The text employs a unified approach with consistent notation, integrating examples from both components to enhance understanding. Its breadth makes it suitable for in-depth exploration of these interconnected topics in mechanical systems.
This engineering dynamics textbook is aimed at beginning graduate students in mechanical engineering and other related engineering disciplines who need training in dynamics as applied to engineering mechanisms. It introduces the formal mathematical development of Lagrangian mechanics (and its corollaries), while solving numerous engineering applications. The author’s goal is to instill an understanding of the basic physics required for engineering dynamics, while providing a recipe (algorithm) for the simulation of engineering mechanisms such as robots. The book will be reasonably self-contained so that the practicing engineer interested in this area can also make use of it. This book is made accessible to the widest possible audience by numerous, solved examples and diagrams that apply the principles to real engineering applications. • Provides an applied textbook for intermediate/advanced engineering dynamics courses; • Discusses Lagrangian mechanics in the context of numerous engineering applications; • Includes numerous, solved examples, illustrative diagrams and applied exercises in every chapter
