2nd Edition
Planar Multibody Dynamics Formulation, Programming with MATLAB®, and Applications, Second Edition
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)
Biography
Parviz E. Nikravesh is a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Arizona. He is noted for his work in computational dynamics, and has served as editor for the Journal of Multibody System Dynamics. Dr. Nikravesh is a member of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and SAE International.
