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Mechanisms and Dynamics of Machinery

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This fourth edition has been totally revised and updated with many additions and major changes. The material has been reorganized to match better the sequence of topics typically covered in an undergraduate course on kinematics. Text includes the use of iterative methods for linkage position analysis and matrix methods for force analysis. BASIC-language computer programs have been added throughout the book to demonstrate the simplicity and power of computer methods. All BASIC programs listed in the text have also been coded in FORTRAN. Major revisions in this edition a new section on mobility; updated section on constant-velocity joints; advanced methods of cam-motion specification; latest AGMA standards for U.S. and metric gears; a new section on methods of force analysis; new section on tasks of kinematic synthesis; and a new chapter covering spatial mechanisms and robotics.

656 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1963

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January 9, 2016
One of the most vital books you will need in the realm of mechanical engineering. I appreciate the details of explanation when it came to linkages and gear construction. What I would like to have though as an improvement is to get more info in creating gear designs that are not standard, i.e. those which applied modifications such as addendum, etc. Overall though, in all these years of practical use, Ive always refered to this book for help.
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