Dynamics of multibody systems
By: Ahmed A. Shabana.
Contributors: University of Illinois.
Edition: 2nd. ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Dynamics.; Kinematics.
Description: "Provides an introduction to the subject of multibody dynamics, with an emphasis on flexible body dynamics. The first chapter covers the basic ideas of kinematics and dynamics of rigid and deformable bodies. The book then moves on to advanced topics, including finite-element formulations, and concludes with a clear, careful explanation of new computational techniques"--Back cover.
Notes: Based on lectures held at University of Illinois, Chicago.

Originally published: Chichester: Wiley, 1989.   First published by Cambridge UP: 1998.

Bibliography: p. 359-366. - Includes index.