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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Dynamics by Carlos M. Roithmayr , Dewey H. Hodges
This book is ideal for teaching students in engineering or physics the skills necessary to analyze motions of complex mechanical systems such as spacecraft robotic manipulators and articulated scientific instruments. Kanes method which emerged recently reduces the labor needed to derive equations of motion and leads to equations that are simpler and more readily solved by computer in comparison to earlier classical approaches. Moreover the method is highly systematic and thus easy to teach. This book is a revision of Dynamics: Theory and Applications (1985) by T. R. Kane and D. A. Levinson and presents the method for forming equations of motion by constructing generalized active forces and generalized inertia forces. Important additional topics include approaches for dealing with finite rotation an updated treatment of constraint forces and constraint torques an extension of Kanes method to deal with a broader class of nonholonomic constraint equations and other recent advances.