Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics - Hardcover

Pytel, Andrew; Kiusalaas, Jaan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060452765 ISBN 13: 9780060452766

Publisher: Harpercollins College Div, 1993

Synopsis

This second volume of Pytel/Kiusalaas's two-volume series teaches students the basic mechanical behaviour of materials in motion (dynamics), while developing their mastery of engineering methods of analyzing and solving problems. It is accompanied by a second book by Pytel/Kiusalaas, "Engineering Mechanics: Statics 2/e" for the preceding statics course. It is also available, with "Statics 2/e", in a one-volume combined edition. Traditionally, books for the statics and dynamics courses (such as Beer/Johnston) require students simply to plug problem data into standardized mathematical formulas, and then compute an answer, without thinking through the problem beforehand. Pytel and Kiusalaas reject this plug-and-chug approach. In sample problems throughout the book, the authors direct students to identify the number of unknowns and independent equations in the problem first, before they attempt to calculate an answer.

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Review

Dynamics Contents: 11. Introduction to Dynamics 12. Dynamics of a Particle: Rectangular Coordinates 13. Dynamics of a Particle: Curvilinear Coordinates 14. Work-Energy and Impulse-Momentum Principles for a Particle 15 Dynamics of Particle Systems 16. Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies 17. Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies: Force-Mass-Acceleration Method 18. Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies: Work-Energy and Impulse-Momentum Methods 19. Rigid-Body Dynamics in Three Dimensions 20. Vibrations. Appendix D: Proof of the Relative Velocity Equation for Rigid-Body Motion Appendix E: Numerical Differentiation Appendix F: Mass Moments and Products of Inertia Answers Index

About the Author

Dr. Andrew Pytel received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, his M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and his Ph.D in Engineering Mechanics from The Pennsylvania State University. In addition to his career at Penn State University, Dr. Pytel served as an Assistant Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and as an Assistant Professor at Northeastern University in Boston. He became a full Professor at The Penn State University in 1984 and a Professor Emeritus in 1995. Throughout his career, Dr. Pytel has taught numerous courses and received many honors and awards. He has participated extensively with the American Society for Engineering Education and was named a Fellow of the ASEE in 2008.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harpercollins College Div
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0060452765
• ISBN 13: 9780060452766
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 631