Description:
This textbook is a vector treatment of the principles of mechanics, written primarily for advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students of engineering. In Volume 1: Kinematics, the groundwork is laid for students to master the free body formulation of the dynamics problem, covered in Volume 2: Dynamics. Accompanied by numerous illustrations, as well as examples of applications, the two books are excellent teaching tools for one- or two-semester courses on the topic.
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"The book is the second of two volumes on principles of engineering mechanics. ... The book can serve as a basis for a course and a self-study for advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate students, specializing in mechanics, engineering science, engineering physics, applied mathematics, material science, mechanical, aerospace and civil engineering. ... Interesting historical remarks are scattered throughout the text, and extensive lists of references with short annotations follow each chapter." (Boris Ivanovich Konosevich, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1113 (15), 2007)