Product Description: One of the first books to provide in-depth and systematic application of finite element methods to the field of stochastic structural dynamicsThe parallel developments of the Finite Element Methods in the 1950’s and the engineering applications of stochastic processes in the 1940’s provided a combined numerical analysis tool for the studies of dynamics of structures and structural systems under random loadings...read more

Product Description: Arun K. Banerjee is one of the foremost experts in the world on the subject of flexible multibody dynamics. This book describes how to build mathermatical models of multibody systems with elastic components. Examples of such systems include the human body itself, construction cranes, cares with trailers, helicopers, spacecraft deploying antennas, tethered satellites, and underwater maneuvering vehicles...read more

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Product Description: Mechanical design includes an optimization process in which designers always consider objectives such as strength, deflection, weight, wear, corrosion, etc. depending on the requirements. However, design optimization for a complete mechanical assembly leads to a complicated objective function with a large number of design variables...read more

Product Description: Multibody systems are used extensively in the investigation of mechanical systems including structural and non-structural applications. It can be argued that among all the areas in solid mechanics the methodologies and applications associated to multibody dynamics are those that provide an ideal framework to aggregate d- ferent disciplines...read more

Product Description: The second edition provides engineers with a conceptual understanding of how dynamics is applied in the field. It builds their problem-solving skills. New problems with a wider variety of difficulty levels and applications have been added...read more

Product Description: Written by Parviz Nikravesh, one of the world’s best known experts in multibody dynamics, Planar Multibody Dynamics: Formulation, Programming, and Applications enhances the quality and ease of design education with extensive use of the latest computerized design tools combined with coverage of classical design and dynamics of machinery principles...read more

This text is an unbound, binder-ready edition. Known for its accuracy, clarity, and dependability, Meriam & Kraige's Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics has provided a solid foundation of mechanics principles for more than 60 years. Now in its seventh edition, the text continues to help students develop their problem-solving skills with an extensive variety of engaging problems related to engineering design. More than 50% of the homework problems are new, and there are also a number of new sample problems. To help students build necessary visualization and problem-solving skills, the text strongly emphasizes drawing free-body diagrams-the most important skill needed to solve mechanics problems.

A knowledge of the kinematic and dynamic properties of mechanisms is essential for their design and control. This volume describes methods and algorithms for the analysis of kinematic systems. Beginning with basic concepts, the authors then discuss a variety of problem-solving approaches and computational techniques. A distinctive feature of their work is its focus on the contour equation as a powerful, computationally efficient tool that will help the reader to design complex spatial mechanisms. The chapters include helpful examples and problems. This handy text will be useful for advanced undergraduate or graduate students, researchers, and practicing engineers working in robotics, vehicle dynamics, mechatronics, and machine design.

This is the CD-ROM only version of this popular title. Contains the complete contents of the book, fully searchable, with interactive table of contents and index, in Adobe's popular portable document format (PDF).The use of computers for engineering design, and in numerical control for manufacturing, has dramatically changed the cam design and manufacturing process. Additionally, cam design and manufacturing have been affected by a significant number of fundamental research results published in recent years. An invaluable resource, Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook brings together up-to-date cam design technology, correct design and manufacturing procedures, and recent cam research results in one volume that is indispensable to the design and manufacturing of cam-follower systems. Beginning at an introductory level and progressing to more advanced topics, this comprehensive handbook provides all the information needed to properly design, model, analyze, specify, and manufacture cam-follower systems. The reader will find complete coverage of:Proper Cam Design TechniquesSingle- and Multi-Dwell CamsClassical Cam FunctionsPolynomial CamsSpline Functions for CamsPressure Angle & Radius of CurvatureRadial and Barrel CamsTranslating & Oscillating FollowersRoller & Flat-Faced FollowersForward & Inverse Dynamic AnalysesResidual VibrationsPolydyne & Splinedyne CamsCam Profile DefinitionCutter CompensationConjugate CamsCam Materials & Manufacturing TechniquesStress Analysis of the Cam Follower JointLubrication of the Cam Follower JointMeasurement of Cam Follower DynamicsExtensive Bibliography of the Cam LiteratureCase Studies of Cam DesignsCam and Linkage Design Programs on CD-ROMAdditionally, this unique book is accompanied by a 90-day trial demonstration copy of the Professional Version of Dynacam for Windows V. 7.0. Written by the author and used worldwide, this program solves the equations described in the book and allows in its fully licensed version the design, dynamic modeling, analysis, and generation of follower center, cam surface, and cutter coordinate data for any cam. It also defines conjugate cams for any application.Also included are 90-day trial demonstration copies of programs Fourbar, Sixbar, and Slider for the design of cam-follower linkages.

Product Description: Dynamics: Analysis and Design of Systems in Motion, by Benson H. Tongue of University of California-Berkeley, and Sheri D. Sheppard of Stanford University, offers a student-focused approach to Dynamics. With a strong emphasis on drawing free body diagrams and the associated inertial response diagrams, an integrated use of computation, use of a structured problem-solving methodology, inclusion of real-world case studies, and robust pedagogy coupled with a truly engaging writing style, reviewers alike have praised this new Dynamics text...read more

Product Description: Three main disciplines in the area of multibody systems are covered: kinematics, dynamics, and control, as pertaining to systems that can be modelled as coupling or rigid bodies. The treatment is intended to give a state of the art of the topics discussed.

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This updated edition emphasizes the design aspects of mechanisms, giving many industry examples and illustrations. In a clear and informal style, it presents a solid conceptual foundation of kinematics and dynamics of machinery, presented in the context of what a design engineer needs to work with. Scipted Matlab problems are included on the student resources CD-ROM.

Product Description: This title covers virtually everything related to mobile robots - destined to become the definitive work on robot mechanisms. It discusses the manipulators, grippers, and mechanical sensors used in mobile robotics, and includes never before compiled material on high-mobility suspension and drivetrains...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery teaches readers how to analyze the motion of machines and mechanisms. Coverage of a broad range of machines and mechanisms with practical applications given top consideration. Mechanisms and Machines...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Recent years have witnessed a rapid development of active control of various mechanical systems. With increasingly strict requirements for control speed and system performance, the unavoidable time delays in both controllers and actuators have become a serious problem...read more

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Product Description: The volume introduces basic concepts necessary for a modern treatment of inequality problems in finite degree of freedom dynamics. Tools from convex analysis, by now well established in non-smooth mechanics, are used to formulate the constitutive equations and impact laws...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: An exploration of developments in, and effects of, internal combustion engines, compressors and pumps, on the structural dynamic characteristics of components and systems, covering the fundamentals of vibration theory, design, construction and equipment operation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Basic models and concepts of machine dynamics and motion control are presented in the order of the principal steps of machine design. The machine is treated as a coupled dynamical system, including drive, mechanisms and controller, to reveal its behavior at different regimes through the interaction of its units under dynamic and processing loads...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A vast development of nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory recently led to the publication of many books. The main objective of this volume is to provide a general methodology for solving and analyzing discontinuous systems. It focuses on mechanical engineering problems where clearances, piecewise stiffness, intermittent contact, variable friction or other forms of discontinuities occur...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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