1st Edition

Dual-Number Methods in Kinematics, Statics and Dynamics

By Ian Fischer Copyright 1999
242 Pages
by CRC Press

240 Pages
by Routledge

This well-organized book uses 3x3 coordinate-transformation matrices and 3-element vectors with dual-number elements to analyze the mechanics of mechanism, robots, and other mechanical systems. Dual-Number Methods in Kinematics, Statics and Dynamics serves as a text for a course using dual-number methods as well as a manual for the reader to develop his or her abilities for the design of... Read more
Definitions
Coordinate Transformation
Matrix Modeling of Joints and Links
Displacement Analysis
Velocity Analysis
Static Analysis
Dynamic Analysis
Dual-Number Programming
Bibliography
Index

Biography

Fischer, Ian

"Exciting!...of tremendous benefit to graduate-level classes and researchers in the kinematics, mechanisms, and robotics communities."
- Prof. Pierre Larochelle, Mechanical Engineering Program, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne