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Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery

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This book includes planar and spatial kinematic and dynamic analysis of mechanisms in a computer implementation aspect. The book also includes concepts and numerical methods used in kinematics and dynamics, a reader with some fundamental knowledge in programming like MATLAB, kinematics and dynamics could get acquainted with the book easily and develop multibody dynamics code.

I am using this book for my mechanical engineering course and it has been a disaster. I am constantly looking for other sources to help with current topics as this particular book does not cover them enough. There are also catastrophic typos in some of the example problems. The worst part is the fact that the authors chose to save paper because they keep referring you to figures from previous chapters. It is by far the worst book I had to use in my degree which is quite an achievement. I read amazon reviews prior to buying books and oftentimes I disagree with poor book ratings (some students are complaining about their own inefficiencies). However, I find myself writing my first review because I cannot take this horribly written book any longer. If you really have to buy the book for a course good luck to you, otherwise stay away from this literature.