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This book is ideal for teaching students in engineering or physics the skills necessary to analyze motions of complex mechanical systems such as spacecraft, robotic manipulators, and articulated scientific instruments. Kane's method, which emerged recently, reduces the labor needed to derive equations of motion and leads to equations that are simpler and more readily solved by computer, in comparison to earlier, classical approaches. Moreover, the method is highly systematic and thus easy to teach. This book is a revision of Dynamics: Theory and Applications (1985), by T. R. Kane and D. A. Levinson, and presents the method for forming equations of motion by constructing generalized active forces and generalized inertia forces. Important additional topics include approaches for dealing with finite rotation, an updated treatment of constraint forces and constraint torques, an extension of Kane's method to deal with a broader class of nonholonomic constraint equations, and other recent advances.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press, Philips Cross
ISBN-139781107005693
eBay Product ID (ePID)209293545
Product Key Features
Subject AreaMechanical Engineering
Publication NameDynamics: Theory and Application of Kane's Method
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
AuthorDewey H. Hodges, Carlos M. Roithmayr
Number of Pages536 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height286 mm
Item Weight1430 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDewey H. Hodges, Carlos M. Roithmayr