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Lecture Notes on the Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies

Lecture Notes on the Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies

Lecture Notes on the Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies

This note covers the following topics:Dynamics of a Single Particle, Kinematics of a Single Particle, Kinetics of a Single Particle, Lagrange’s Equations of Motion for a Single Particle, Dynamics of a System of Particles, Dynamics of Systems of Particles, Kinematics and Dynamics of a Single Rigid Body, Constraints on and Potentials for Rigid Bodies, Kinetics of a Rigid Body, Lagrange’s Equations of Motion for a Single Rigid Body.

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