Computational Methods in Mechanical Systems
Subtitle: Mechanism Analysis, Synthesis, and Optimization (NATO ASI Series / Computer and Systems Sciences)
Contributors: Jorge Angeles (Editor); Evtim Zakhariev (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 2, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9783540639398
Subjects: Computer aided design (CAD); Computer modelling & simulation; Mechanical engineering; Machinery, Kinematics of; Mechanical Engineering (Specific Aspects); Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; CAD-CAM - General; Computer Graphics - General; Machinery; Algorithmik; Computers / CAD-CAM / General; Computers : CAD-CAM - General; Computers : Computer Graphics - General; Dynamik; Getriebetechnik; Kinematik; Maschinen und Antriebstechnik; Mehrkörpersysteme; Engineering Mathematics; Machinery, Dynamics of
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