Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics. 2nd ed.

Pytel, Andrew;Kiusalaas, Jan

ISBN 10: 0534957420 / ISBN 13: 9780534957421

Published by Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Pws Pub Co, 1998

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Hardback in very good - condition. Name written on inside of front cover & a tiny bit of highlighting. 2nd edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics. 2nd ed.
• Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Pws Pub Co
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534957420
• ISBN 13: 9780534957421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Engineering
  • Technical
  • Mathematics

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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.

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