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Engineering Dynamics

A Primer

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Oliver M. O’Reilly

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Elementary Particle Dynamics

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    Pages 1-10

  3. Particles and Cylindrical Polar Coordinates

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    Pages 11-18

  4. Particles and Space Curves

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    Pages 19-39

  5. Friction Forces and Spring Forces

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    Pages 41-56

  6. Power, Work, and Energy

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    Pages 57-71

  7. Momenta, Impulses, and Collisions

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    Pages 73-89

  8. Systems of Particles

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    Pages 91-106

  9. Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies

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    Pages 107-134

  10. Kinetics of a Rigid Body

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    Pages 135-163

  11. Systems of Particles and Rigid Bodies

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    Pages 165-179

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 181-203
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Scope, Aims, and Audiences This primer is intended to provide the theoretical background for the standard undergraduate course in dynamics. This course is usually based on one of the following texts: Bedford and Fowler [6], Beer and John­ ston [7], Hibbeler [33], Meriam and Kraige [39], Riley and Sturges [50], and Shames [56], among others. Although most teachers will have cer­ tain reservations about these texts, there appears to be a general consensus that the selection of problems each of them presents is an invaluable and essential aid for studying and understanding dynamics. I myself use Meriam and Kraige [39] when teaching such a course, which is referred to as ME104 at the University of California at Berkeley. However, I have found that the gap between the theory presented in the aforemen­ tioned texts and the problems I wished my students to solve was too large. As a result, I prepared my own set of notes on the relevant theory, and I used Meriam and Kraige [39] as a problem and homework resource. This primer grew out of these notes. Its content was also heavily influenced by three other courses that I teach: one on rigid body dynamics, one on La­ 1 grangian mechanics, and another on Hamiltonian mechanics. Because I use the primer as a supplement, I have only included a set of brief exercises at the end of each chapter.

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"Concepts are presented at a measure pace and many useful and important examples are provided. Along the way, advice is offered on solving problems in mechanics, and common errors are pointed out. For students who want to truly understand and analyze problems in dynamics, this primer is well worth having."

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"The book is carefully written and provides a good introduction to the subject."

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Oliver M. O’Reilly

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Engineering Dynamics

  • Book Subtitle: A Primer

  • Authors: Oliver M. O’Reilly

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3495-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-3495-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 203

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Classical Mechanics, Applications of Mathematics

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