The author introduces students to this advanced topic covering the concepts, definitions and techniques used in multi-body system dynamics including essential coverage of kinematics and dynamics of motion in three dimensions. He uses analytical tools including Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods as well as Newton-Euler Equations.
An educational version of multibody computer code is now included in this new edition www.wiley.com/go/shabana that can be used for instruction and demonstration of the theories and formulations presented in the book, and a new chapter is included to explain the use of this code in solving practical engineering problems.
Most books treat the subject of dynamics from an analytical point of view, focusing on the techniques for analyzing the problems presented. This book is exceptional in that it covers the practical computational methods used to solve "real-world" problems. This makes it of particular interest not only for senior/ graduate courses in mechanical and aerospace engineering, but also to professional engineers.
Ahmed Shabana, University of Illinois, USA, is the Richard & Loan Hill Professor of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of a number of books, including Dynamics of Multibody Systems, Vibration of Discrete and Continuous Systems, and Theory of Vibration: An Introduction.
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