This summary provides an integrated perspective on the principles and methodologies underpinning rigid body dynamics and motion analysis. The field examines solid bodies whose internal configurations ...

Understanding the inertia properties of rigid bodies is essential for diverse applications in engineering, aerospace, automotive, and robotics. Inertia describes how mass is distributed within a body ...

Below is a set of simulation results for a two-DOF translational system having a rigid body mode resulting from zero initial stretch/compression in the spring and initial velocities for the two masses ...

This class covers the foundations of rigid multi-body mechanics. Topics include geometry of rigid bodies, rotating bodies, Lagrangian mechanics and variational principles, conservation of energy and ...

Friction. Kinetics of rigid bodies in planar motion. Equilibrium of rigid bodies. Mass centers and moments of inertia of rigid bodies, dynamics of rigid bodies in planar motion. Kinetics of particles.