Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction 2 Preliminaries 3 Fundamentals of Planar Kinematics 4 Fundamentals of Planar Dynamics 5 Vector Kinematics 6 Free-Body Diagram 7 Body-Coordinate Formulation 8 Body-Coordinate Simulation Program 9 Joint-Coordinate Formulation 10 Point-Coordinate Formulation 11 Contact and Impact 12 Kinematics and Inverse Dynamics 13 Forward Dynamics 14 Complementary Analyses 15 Application Examples Appendix A: L-U Factorization Appendix B: Dynamic Analysis Program: Body Coordinates (DAP_BC) Appendix C: Dynamic Analysis Program: Joint Coordinates (DAP_JC)

Planar Multibody Dynamics: Formulation, Programming with MATLAB®, and Applications, Second Edition, provides sets of methodologies for analyzing the dynamics of mechanical systems, such as mechanisms and machineries, with coverage of both classical and modern principles. Using clear and concise language, the text introduces fundamental theories, computational methods, and program development for analyzing simple to complex systems. MATLAB is used throughout, with examples beginning with basic commands before introducing students to more advanced programming techniques. The simple programs developed in each chapter come together to form complete programs for different types of analysis.

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