ABSTRACT

Written by Parviz Nikravesh, one of the world's best known experts in multibody dynamics, Planar Multibody Dynamics: Formulation, Programming, and Applications enhances the quality and ease of design education with extensive use of the latest computerized design tools combined with coverage of classical design and dynamics of machinery princ

Introduction. Preliminaries. Fundamentals of Kinematics. Fundamentals of Dynamics. Point-Coordinates: Kinematics. Point-Coordinates: Dynamics. Body-Coordinates: Kinematics. Body-Coordinates: Dynamics. Joint-Coordinates: Kinematics. Joint-Coordinates: Dynamics. Kinematic Analysis. Inverse Dynamic Analysis. Forward Dynamic Analysis. Complementary Analyses. Projects. Appendix. References.