This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Why You'll Want This on Your Desk Tonight
Feeling overwhelmed by dynamics equations, Lagrangian derivations, or those late-night vibration problems?
This powerhouse reference compresses an entire upper-level mechanical engineering curriculum into an ultra-focused, results-driven guide. Whether you're racing toward an exam deadline, designing machinery that can't fail, or simply craving a deeper command of motion, this text delivers the clarity and confidence you need-without the fluff.
Inside, you'll discover:
Step-by-step walkthroughs for Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian formulations-bridge the gap from first principles to advanced analytical mechanics in record time.
400+ exam-grade practice problems-hone calculation speed, conceptual insight, and real-world engineering judgment simultaneously.
High-impact topics engineers demand: rigid-body dynamics, mass moment of inertia, gyroscopic stability, single & multi-DOF vibrations, symplectic integrators, Poisson brackets, Hamilton-Jacobi methods, action-angle variables, and more.
What You'll Master
Vector calculus & coordinate transformations Work-energy, power, momentum, and impulse techniques Variable-mass rockets, rotating frames, Coriolis & centrifugal effects Mass moment of inertia, planar and 3-D rigid-body motion Undamped, damped, and forced vibrations; resonance suppression Variational principles, Euler-Lagrange equations, constraint forces
