A Concise Introduction to Mechanics of Rigid Bodies Multidisciplinary Engineering /

• Main Author: Huang, L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Mechanical engineering.; Robotics.; Automation.; Mechatronics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Mechanical Engineering.; Robotics and Automation.

This updated second edition broadens the explanation of rotational kinematics and dynamics — the most important aspect of rigid body motion in three-dimensional space and a topic of much greater complexity than linear motion. It expands treatment of vector and matrix, and includes quaternion operati...

Table of Contents:

• Preliminary on vector, matrix, complex number and quaternion
• Orientation and position representation
• Velocity and acceleration
• Dynamics
• Case studies
• References
• Index.