Fundamentals of Dynamics and Analysis of Motion

Designed for first-year graduate-level students or as a senior course in dynamics for students in engineering and physics, Fundamentals of Dynamics and Analysis of Motion is useful as a self-study or reference book. Prerequisites include previous courses in statics, calculus, and basic ordinary differential equations. The treatment stresses the fundamentals of setting up and solving dynamics problems rather than the indiscriminate use of elaborate formulas. 

Topics include essential material for dynamics, kinematics and dynamics of point masses, kinematic analysis of planar mechanisms, special dynamical properties of a system of point masses, dynamics of rigid bodies in "simpler" planar motion, dynamics of rigid bodies in general motion, analytical dynamics, and vibrations and oscillations of dynamical systems. Four of the seven appendixes include tutorials on relevant software, a listing of several simulation and animation programs written by the author, as well as answers to selected problems and references for advanced study.

An appendix includes a set of MATLAB files; they are also available as a free download from Dover's website.