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Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics

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I have used this book and the accompanying statics book all within the last year. The author is my Dynamics professor. These books are not as thick as other Statics/Dynamics books I have seen, and the reason is that they are more problem-set oriented than lecture. You really need a good teacher to help you understand the problems and material. This is where having the author as the teacher helps. The instructional sections of the book are minimal, and I have found the problem sets better for the learning process.

If I were to change this book I would add numerical solutions to every problem, not just the odd ones. And for whatever reason, the publishing oversight is uber critical of posting solutions anywhere other than the classroom, and this can be a nuisance sometime.

Fun fact...a self-proclaimed car guy, Kraige loves problems with cars in them, so there are quite a few of those in there.

This book is terrible at teaching. Each section provides the concept for the following questions, but does not explain things in detail. You won't be able to learn dynamics with this book alone. You will need the solutions manual.

This book explains the concepts very carefully. However, it jumps topic to topic without a smooth trancision. Examples are very elementary, but the problems at the end of each chapter gets tedious quickly. Prefer if the hard problems are approached with more examples. Biggest down fall I see is that there are no answers at the back for any problems.

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Didn't expect hard cover (not disappointed)
Didn't expect occasional imperial units (slightly impressed)
Has so far been an invaluable resource for my Mechanical Engineering Degree

Good condition except for a dent in the front cover. Got it before expected date.

I was lucky enough to be one of the last classes to use this book before they switched to the book by Beer.

I got to say I love this book! I've covered all the material in this book, and it does explain to you everything you need, though briefly. If it was more detailed, you would be looking at a 1000 page bible.

I dont understand why people need the solution manual. I NEVER used it for statics and NEVER for dynamics. Honestly if you are studying to be an engineer and you don't know whether your answer is right DONT be an engineer.