Computer-Aided Analysis of Mechanical Systems By Parviz E Nikravesh

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The book can be covered in two successive courses. The student is required to know the fundamentals of kinematics and dynamics, to have a basic knowledge of numerical methods, and to know computer programming, preferably FORTRAN. 
          The first course-a senior undergraduate or a first-year graduate course-could cover Chapters 1 through 5, 9, and 10, on planar motion; if students do not have the proper background in numerical methods in ordinary differential equations, Chapter 12 should also be covered to the extent necessary. The course could be project-oriented: students could be assigned to find existing medium- to large-scale mechanical systems and analyze them using the computer programs that are provided in the book. The second course would then cover Chapters 6 through 8 and 11 through 14, on spatial motion; this would be quite suitable as a graduate-level course. Students, divided into groups, should be able to develop a spatial-motion dynamic analysis program.
           Another possibility would be one course, covering Chapters 1 through 7, on the subject of kinematics, and a second course, covering Chapters 8 through 14, on the subject of dynamics. 
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