Synopses & Reviews
Definitive reference on screw theory with important applications to complex engineering problems.
Review
"...the definitive reference on screw theory." Applied Mechanics Reviews"The work is of renewed interest in that the theory of screws has recently found new pertinence as a mathematical resource for complex engineering problems." Mechanical Engineering
Synopsis
Definitive reference on screw theory with important applications to complex engineering problems.
Table of Contents
1. Twists and wrenches; 2. The cylindroid; 3. Reciprocal screws; 4. Screw co-ordinates; 5. The representation of the cylindroid by a circle; 6. The equilibrium of a rigid body; 7. The principal screws of inertia; 8. The potential; 9. Harmonic screws; 10. Freedom of the first order; 11. Freedom of the second order; 12. Plane representation of dynamical problems concerning a body with two degrees of freedom; 13. The geometry of the cylindroid; 14. Freedom of the third order; 15. The plane representation of freedom of the third order; 16. Freedom of the fourth order; 17. Freedom of the fifth order; 18. Freedom of the sixth order; 19. Homographic screw systems; 20. Emanants and pitch invariants; 21. Developments of the dynamical theory; 22. The geometrical theory; 23. Various exercises; 24. The theory of screw-chains; 25. The theory of permanent screws; 26. An introduction to the theory of screws in non-Euclidian space; Appendices; Bibliographical notes; Index.