Known for its accuracy, clarity, and dependability, Meriam, Kraige, and Bolton's Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, 9th Edition has provided a solid foundation of mechanics principles for more than 60 years. This text continues to help students develop their problem-solving skills with an extensive variety of engaging problems related to engineering design. In addition to new homework problems, the text includes a number of helpful sample problems. To help students build necessary visualization and problem-solving skills, the text strongly emphasizes drawing free-body diagrams, one of the most important skills needed to solve mechanics problems.
Part I Dynamics of Particles 11 Introduction to Dynamics 31/1 History and Modern Applications 31/2 Basic Concepts 41/3 Newton’s Laws 51/4 Units 61/5 Gravitation 71/6 Dimensions 101/7 Solving Problems in Dynamics 111/8 Chapter Review 132 Kinematics of Particles 162/1 Introduction 162/2 Rectilinear Motion 172/3 Plane Curvilinear Motion 252/4 Rectangular Coordinates (x-y) 272/5 Normal and Tangential Coordinates (n-t) 322/6 Polar Coordinates (r-𝜽) 372/7 Space Curvilinear Motion 422/8 Relative Motion (Translating Axes) 472/9 Constrained Motion of Connected Particles 512/10 Chapter Review 543 Kinetics of Particles 563/1 Introduction 56Section A Force, Mass, and Acceleration 573/2 Newton’s Second Law 573/3 Equation of Motion and Solution of Problems 603/4 Rectilinear Motion 623/5 Curvilinear Motion 67Section B Work and Energy 713/6 Work and Kinetic Energy 713/7 Potential Energy 81Section C Impulse and Momentum 873/8 Introduction 873/9 Linear Impulse and Linear Momentum 873/10 Angular Impulse and Angular Momentum 93Section D Special Applications 993/11 Introduction 993/12 Impact 993/13 Central-Force Motion 1053/14 Relative Motion 1123/15 Chapter Review 1184 Kinetics of Systems of Particles 1194/1 Introduction 1194/2 Generalized Newton’s Second Law 1204/3 Work-Energy 1214/4 Impulse-Momentum 1224/5 Conservation of Energy and Momentum 1264/6 Steady Mass Flow 1324/7 Variable Mass 1384/8 Chapter Review 144Part II Dynamics of Rigid Bodies 1455 Plane Kinematics of Rigid Bodies 1475/1 Introduction 1475/2 Rotation 1495/3 Absolute Motion 1545/4 Relative Velocity 1585/5 Instantaneous Center of Zero Velocity 1655/6 Relative Acceleration 1685/7 Motion Relative to Rotating Axes 1735/8 Chapter Review 1836 Plane Kinetics of Rigid Bodies 1846/1 Introduction 184Section A Force, Mass, and Acceleration 1866/2 General Equations of Motion 1866/3 Translation 1926/4 Fixed-Axis Rotation 1966/5 General Plane Motion 199Section B Work and Energy 2056/6 Work-Energy Relations 2056/7 Acceleration from Work-Energy; Virtual Work 213Section C Impulse and Momentum 2176/8 Impulse-Momentum Equations 2176/9 Chapter Review 2257 Introduction to Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Rigid Bodies 2267/1 Introduction 226Section A Kinematics 2277/2 Translation 2277/3 Fixed-Axis Rotation 2277/4 Parallel-Plane Motion 2287/5 Rotation about a Fixed Point 2287/6 General Motion 234Section B Kinetics 2407/7 Angular Momentum 2407/8 Kinetic Energy 2437/9 Momentum and Energy Equations of Motion 2467/10 Parallel-Plane Motion 2487/11 Gyroscopic Motion: Steady Precession 2507/12 Chapter Review 2598 Vibration and Time Response 2608/1 Introduction 2608/2 Free Vibration of Particles 2618/3 Forced Vibration of Particles 2708/4 Vibration of Rigid Bodies 2788/5 Energy Methods 2828/6 Chapter Review 286Appendix A Area Moments of Inertia 287Appendix B Mass Moments of Inertia 288B/1 Mass Moments of Inertia about an Axis 288B/2 Products of Inertia 296Appendix C Selected Topics of Mathematics 302C/1 Introduction 302C/2 Plane Geometry 302C/3 Solid Geometry 303C/4 Algebra 303C/5 Analytic Geometry 304C/6 Trigonometry 304C/7 Vector Operations 305C/8 Series 308C/9 Derivatives 308C/10 Integrals 309C/11 Newton’s Method for Solving Intractable Equations 312C/12 Selected Techniques for Numerical Integration 314Appendix D Useful Tables 317Table D/1 Physical Properties 317Table D/2 Solar System Constants 318Table D/3 Properties of Plane Figures 319Table D/4 Properties of Homogeneous Solids 321Table D/5 Conversion Factors; SI Units 325Problems P-1Index I-1Problem Answers PA-1