Dynamics and Control of Machines

Abstract

Machine dynamics is the fundamental basis for optimal machine design. Based on dynamic analysis of the system special control, damping and counterbalance arrangements can be foreseen, which would simplify operations, adjustment and maintenance during the lifetime of the machine. According to the authors’ preface, the aim of writing the book has been to provide practitioners and graduate students with the basic principles of contemporary machine dynamics with emphasis on the qualitative understanding of machine operations. Accordingly, the approach of the book is analytical rather than numerically oriented with the mathematical analysis kept at a minimum.