The Engineering Dynamics Course Companion, Part 1: ParticlesKinematics and Kinetics (Paperback)

Acknowledgments.- Introduction.- Rectilinear Motion of Particles.- Kinematics Special Cases: One-Dimensional Relative Motion and Dependent Motion.- Curvilinear Motion of Particles (Rectangular Coordinates): Projectile Motion and Vector Relative Motion.- Non-Rectangular Coordinate Systems: Path Coordinates.- Non-Rectangular Coordinate Systems: Polar Coordinates.- Newton's Second Law (N2L) in Rectangular Coordinates.- Newton's Second Law (N2L) in Non-Rectangular Coordinates.- Work-Energy Method and the Conservation of Energy (Part 1).- Work-Energy Method and the Conservation of Energy (Part 2).- Impulse-Momentum Method.- Direct Impact of Particles and the Conservation of Linear Momentum.- Oblique Impact of Particles.- Author's Biography.