Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery

By Charles E. Wilson and J. Peter Sadler

Book Overview

This second edition offers a blend of theory, creative problem-solving and practical applications in the study of kinematics and dynamics of machinery. The text introduces students to mechanisms and machines, basic concepts, motion in machinery, velocity and acceleration analysis of mechanisms, design and analysis of cams, gears, and drive trains, and static dynamic force analysis. Both graphical and numerical techniques are presented in addition to a chapter on robotic manipulations and design problems with computer solutions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060444746
• ISBN13: 9780060444747
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 805 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for designing mechanisms

This book includes planar and spatial kinematic and dynamic analysis of mechanisms in a computer implementation aspect. The book also includes concepts and numerical methods used in kinematics and dynamics, a reader with some fundamental knowledge in programming like MATLAB, kinematics and dynamics could get acquainted with the book easily and develop multibody dynamics code.