Machines & Mechanisms: Applied Kinematics Analysis

by David H. Myszka

Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0132157802

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Book Description

This up-to-date introduction to kinematic analysis ensures relevance by using actual machines and mechanisms throughout. MACHINES & MECHANISMS, 4/e provides the techniques necessary to study the motion of machines while emphasizing the application of kinematic theories to real-world problems. State-of-the-art techniques and tools are utilized, and analytical techniques are presented without complex mathematics. Reflecting instructor and student feedback.

This Fourth Edition’s extensive improvements include:

• new section introducing special-purpose mechanisms
• expanded descriptions of kinematic properties
• clearer identification of vector quantities through standard boldface notation
• new timing charts
• analytical synthesis methods; and more.

All end-of-chapter problems have been reviewed, and many new problems have been added.

Customer Reviews

This book is pretty easy to understand, but it's short on images. I had to read a lot of text to understand the concepts. It is very clear in its descriptions; however. It's fairly easy to navigate around this book. It's created for people who are studying Machine Design. It's a textbook, so nothing like a plot.

We need more of these textbooks. Kinematics is the geometric equivalent for Machine Design which any respectable ABET accredited University once required to know. CAD/CAM does not replace this even software companies want you to think it does.

Kinematics with direct applications to the most commonly used Machine Design areas is a must to know.

I won't rate this book as excellent because it is an overly simplified book on Kinematics. A more in-depth textbook on Kinematics is Mechanism Design, Analysis and Synthesis Vol I, by Erdman and Sandor.

Unfortunately, their Vol I and especially Vol II are extremely hard to find, not to mention any in-depth books on Kinematics. Also, the difference in depth between this book and Erdman's is vast and Erdman's was often overkill for the 3rd year ME student.

This is an excellent first exposure but by no means is it thee book on the subject.