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Dynamics of a Single Particle.- Elementary Particle Dynamics.- Particles and Cylindrical Polar Coordinates.- Particles and Space Curves.- Friction Forces and Spring Forces.- Power, Work, and Energy.- Dynamics of a System of Particles.- Momenta, Impulses, and Collisions.- Dynamics of Systems of Particles.- Dynamics of a Single Rigid Bodies.- Planar Kinematics of Rigid Bodies.- Kinetics of a Rigid Body.- Dynamics of Systems of Particles and Rigid Bodies.- Systems of Particles and Rigid Bodies.- Appendices.- Preliminaries on Vectors and Calculus.- Weekly Course Content and Notation in Other Texts.

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From the reviews: BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICS BOOKS "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." MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS "The book is carefully written and provides a good introduction to the subject."

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This primer is intended to provide the theoretical background for the standard undergraduate, mechanical engineering course in dynamics. It grew out of the author's desire to provide a compliment to the standard texts on the subject in which the gap between the theory presented and the problems to be solved is often times too large. The primer has three intended audiences: undergraduate students enrolled in a course on introductory engineering dynamics, graduate students who are interested in refreshing their knowledge of undergraduate dynamics, and instructors. In the primer, the theoretical framework necessary to tackle most of the problems presented in an undergraduate dynamics text is presented. This background is then illuminated using a range of examples. For all of the examples, a systematic four-step approach is employed. In this second edition, the author has added new examples and exercises and revised the exposition of several topics. For most of the examples in the first edition, such as the rolling and sliding disk, the projectile problem, and the particle on a cone, the author has included more substantial analyses. Oliver M. O’Reilly is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California in Berkeley. He is the recipient of multiple departmental teaching awards and the Distinguished Teaching Award of the University of California at Berkeley, and the author of Intermediate Dynamics for Engineers. The author’s research interests lie in a variety of topics in mechanics ranging from brake squeal and the dynamics of the human spine to ocean wave energy converters and plant growth. Reviews from the first edition: “This primer offers a good theoretical background for a first course in dynamics. For students who want to truly understand and analyze problems in dynamics, this primer is well worth having.” -Bulletin of Mathematics Books (2002) “The material is well presented, and easily digested. While written for mechanical engineers in mind, this primer is quite appropriate for physicists too. Full and valuable references are cited.” -Contemporary Physics “The material in the primer has three divisions: single-particle dynamics, dynamics of systems of particles, and the dynamics of rigid bodies. The book is carefully written and provides a good introduction to the subject.” -AMS Mathematical Reviews (2002)

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ISBN 10:  0387951458 ISBN 13:  9780387951454
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2000
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