Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics

by Robert W. Soutas-Little, Daniel J. Inman

Introducing techniques which previously have not been published, this state-of-the-art reference focuses on the power and widespread use of modern computational tools -- e.g., Mathcad, MATLAB, Mathematica, and Maple - for solving the dynamics problems for general time and plotting and visualizing the response. It uses direct vector solutions of multidimensional problems. KEY Introduces -- in a generic fashion -- the supporting mathematics to interface with modern computational software packages and includes short self-contained supplements in each of the major computational software packages (Mathcad, MATLAB, Mathematica, and Maple). An up-to-date reference for Dynamics Systems Analysists.

702 pages, Hardcover

First published September 25, 1998