Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines

• Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis:
  • Graphical and analytical methods for kinematic analysis of planar and spatial mechanisms and elementary body motion in space
  • static and dynamic force analyses of mechanisms
  • gyroscopic forces
  • dynamics of rotating machinery
  • cam and gear mechanisms and specifications
• Vibration Analysis:
  • Free and forced vibration of undamped and damped lumped single and multi degrees of freedom systems with, analytical and numerical techniques of solution
  • viscous damping
  • vibrational isolation
  • vibration measurement and control

Suggested Reading Materials

Engineering Vibrations, 2nd Edition
Inman, D.J. Prentice-Hall, 2000.

Kinematics, Dynamics and Design of Machinery
Waldron, K.J., and Kinzel, G.L. John Wiley & Sons, 2004.