Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to Dynamics: Theory and Applications
- To the Reader
- 1 Differentiation of Vectors
- 2 Kinematics
- 3 Constraints
- 4 Mass Distribution
- 5 Generalized Forces
- 6 Constraint Forces, Constraint Torques
- 7 Energy Functions
- 8 Formulation of Equations of Motion
- 9 Extraction of Information from Equations of Motion
- 10 Kinematics of Orientation
- Problem Sets
- Appendix I Direction Cosines as Functions of Orientation Angles
- Appendix II Kinematical Differential Equations in Terms of Orientation Angles
- Appendix III Inertia Properties of Uniform Bodies
- Index
4 - Mass Distribution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2016
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to Dynamics: Theory and Applications
- To the Reader
- 1 Differentiation of Vectors
- 2 Kinematics
- 3 Constraints
- 4 Mass Distribution
- 5 Generalized Forces
- 6 Constraint Forces, Constraint Torques
- 7 Energy Functions
- 8 Formulation of Equations of Motion
- 9 Extraction of Information from Equations of Motion
- 10 Kinematics of Orientation
- Problem Sets
- Appendix I Direction Cosines as Functions of Orientation Angles
- Appendix II Kinematical Differential Equations in Terms of Orientation Angles
- Appendix III Inertia Properties of Uniform Bodies
- Index
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- DynamicsTheory and Application of Kane’s Method, pp. 67 - 99Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016