Advanced Engineering Dynamics

Abstract

Newtonian mechanics * Lagrange's equations * Hamilton's principle * Rigid body motion in three dimensions * Dynamics of vehicles * Impact and one dimensional wave propagation * Waves in a three dimensional elastic solid * Robot arm dynamics * Relativity * Problems * Appendix 1 - vectors, tensors and matrics * Appendix 2 - analytical dynamics * Appendix 3 - curvilinear co-ordinate systems * Bibliography * Index.