Investigations into the dynamics of a system of rigid bodies require the formulation of nonlinear equations of motion, of energy expressions, kinematic relationships, and other quantities. It is common practice to develop these for each system separately and to consider the labor necessary for deriving e.g., equations of motion from Lagrange`s equation, as inevitable.
It is the main purpose of this book to describe in detail a formalism which substantially simplifies these tasks.
The book addresses advanced graduate students and scientists.
Table of Content
Mathematical Notation.- Rigid Body Kinematics.- Basic Principles of Rigid Body Dynamics.- Classical Problems of Rigid Body Mechanics.- General Multibody Systems.- Impact Problems in Multibody Systems.
About the author
Prof. Wittenburg was Professor for Mechanics at University of Karlsruhe. He is still active in research and has been invited to give lectures all over the world.
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