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This text includes a broad coverage of the kinematics and dynamics of machines. Practical applications are considered throughout the text. Example problems and homework problems involve engineering design and provide a basis for design courses to follow. Analytical and graphical vector methods are illustrated, as well as complex numbers methods. The book illustrates the design and analysis of mechanisms with the aid of mathematics software, user-written computer programs, and spreadsheets. Computer graphics and dedicated kinematics and dynamics software are discussed. Many of the example and homework problems involve calculations and plotting of results that can be done most efficiently using a computer.

This much-demanded revision of a classic continues to offer a solid blend of theory, creative problem solving, and practical applications in the study of kinematics and dynamics of machinery. The text introduces students to mechanisms and machines; basic concepts; motion in machinery; velocity and acceleration analysis of mechanisms; design and analysis of cams, gears, and drive trains; and static and dynamic force analysis. Both graphical and numerical techniques are presented resulting in the most comprehensive treatment of the subject available. A new chapter on robotic manipulations is featured, in addition to extensive and realistic design problems with computer solutions.