Fully revised and updated, the new edition of Engineering Dynamics provides a comprehensive, self-contained and accessible treatment of classical dynamics. All chapters have been reworked to enhance student understanding, and new features include a stronger emphasis on computational methods, including rich examples using both Matlab and Python; new capstone computational examples extend student understanding, including modelling the flight of a rocket and the unsteady rolling of a disk. The coverage of Lagrange's equations is improved, spanning simple systems and systems relevant to engineers. It provides students with clear, systematic methods for solving problems in dynamics, demonstrates how to solve equations of motion numerically, and explains all mathematical operators. Including over 150 real-world examples to motivate student learning, over 400 homework problems, and accompanied online by Matlab and Python repositories and supplemental material, the new edition of this classic is ideal for senior undergraduate and graduate students in engineering.
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'Ginsberg's textbooks are at the top of the list in terms of clarity of presentation, and the quality of examples and exercise problems in solidifying concepts in dynamics. This second edition of Engineering Dynamics is an excellent continuation.' Charles Krousgrill, Purdue University 'Having used the first edition extensively in teaching, I can attest to the clarity and intellectual depth of this text. The authors guide the reader to a genuine understanding of dynamics, combining rigorous development with physical insight and realistic applications. The inclusion of computational examples and ready-to-use codes further enhances its value as a modern and highly effective resource.' Paolo Tiso, ETH Zürich
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An accessible introduction to classical dynamics, with over 150 real-world examples, and computational approaches using Matlab and Python.
Preface;
1. Fundamentals;
2. Particle motion;
3. Relative motion;
4.
Kinematics of constrained rigid bodies;
5. Inertial effects for a rigid body;
6. Newton-Euler dynamics;
7. Introduction to Lagrange's equations;
8.
Constrained generalized coordinates;
9. Further concepts; Appendix.
Jerry H. Ginsberg is an Emeritus Professor of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and was the inaugural Woodruff Chair in Mechanical Systems. His activities include seminal contributions in nonlinear dynamics, shell vibrations, dynamic stability of pipes, nonlinear acoustics, shock response of submerged structures, acoustic-structure interaction, and experimental modal analysis. Among his awards are the Per Bruel Gold Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); the Trent-Crede Silver Medal and the Rossing Prize for Acoustics Education from Acoustical Society and America Awards (ASA); the Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator in Mechanics Education Award from American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Georgia Institute of Technology Professor of the Year in 1994. His other books include Advanced Engineering Dynamics (1999), Statics and Dynamics (1995) and Structural Vibrations (2001). He is a Fellow of the ASA and ASME. Matthew Allen is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University, with twenty years of experience in teaching engineering dynamics, five years at BYU and fifteen years teaching in the Engineering Mechanics program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also PI of an active research group responsible for several advances in experimental methods, numerical techniques and reduced order modelling and for nonlinear dynamic systems. Philip A. Voglewede is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Marquette University. He has earned four departmental outstanding teacher awards, nine college outstanding teacher awards, and the University's 2015 Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence. He has over twenty years of experience in teaching engineering dynamics.
