Engineering Mechanics Dynamics

The main purpose of this book is to provide the student with a clear and thorough presentation of the theory and applications of engineering mechanics.-Pref. Mechanics is a branch of the physical sciences that is concerned with the state of rest or motion of bodies subjected to the action of forces. The mechanics of rigid bodies is divided into two areas: statics and dynamics ... [This book covers] dynamics [which] deals with the accelerated motion of the body. [In this book] the subject of dynamics will be presented in two parts: kinematics, which treats only the geometric aspects of the motion, and kinetics, which is the analysis of the forces causing the motion.-Ch. 12.