This book is primarily a guide for professionals and can be used by
students of Dynamics. It features 96 real-life problems in dynamics
that are common in all engineering fields; including industrial,
mechanical and electrical. And it uses a special table guide that
allows the reader to find the solution to each specific problem.
The descriptions of the solutions of problems are presented in the
chapters 3 to 18. Features * The analysis of the structure of the
differential equation of motion, as well as the analysis of the
components that constitute this equation presented in the Chapter 1
allow readers to understand the principles of composing the
differential equation of motion for actual engineering systems. *
Presents the straightforward universal methodology of solving
linear differential equations of motion based on the Laplace
transform. * The table of Laplace Transform pairs presented in the
Chapter 1 is based on reviewing numerous related analytical sources
and represents a comprehensive source containing sufficient
information for solving the differential equations of motion for
common engineering systems. * Helps determine the number of
possible common engineering problems based on the analysis of the
structure of the differential equation of motion, as well as on the
realistic resisting and active loading factors that constitute the
differential equation of motion. * Each paragraph represents a
standalone description. There is no need to look for notations or
analytical techniques throughout the book. The book contains all
required supplemental information for solving the problems. In his
two-book, combined presentation of dynamics, Applied Dynamics in
Engineering (2016) and Solving Engineering Problems in Dynamics
(2014), Dr. Michael Spektor sets up, for anyone interested in the
subject, a unique approach, facilitating an intuitive understanding
of dynamics in application to design. Rather than a traditional
vector approach to the topic, he presents a linear systems
treatment. There are many advantages of this approach, especially
as an introductory course in dynamic system analysis and design and
particularly in an engineering technology curriculum where a
student has only one semester's exposure to the subject. Of
advantage to students is how Spektor progresses from the most
fundamental dynamic system configurations of inertial mass, spring
compliance, and friction to those of wide application in machinery.
With Dr. Spektor's presentation of dynamical concepts, the design
implications are always front and center. The student proceeds
through fully documented and extraordinarily detailed examples of
every applicable system. All mathematical detail is related to the
Laplace Transform solution of linear differential equations, which
has universal application in measurement, instrumentation, and
electric circuitry. Unavoidable mathematical complexities also are
covered in the shorter companion volume. For engineering technology
students, this approach to learning dynamics directly builds on and
parallels the formal mathematical training they are applying in
other analytical subjects. I would have loved it if this book had
been available when I was first learning dynamics, and I look
forward adopting it in an Engineering Technology curriculum.-Carl
Wolf, Project Manager, Small Step Innovation, LLC The book Applied
Dynamics in Engineering by Michael Spektor, presents the solutions
for engineering problems in a variety of applied topics. The range
of material presented illustrates the in-depth background of the
author. The focus of the book is the use of differential equations
as a foundation for mathematical/engineering solutions. The author
talks in the language of a teacher; his phrases are exact in nature
and most pleasant to read. The use of Laplace Transformation is
well illustrated, and the inclusion of a table for Laplace
Transform Pairs is very useful. The solution for partial
differential equations is well served by this text as well. In
fact, the author's use of this solution technique is most
impressive. In summary, this is an excellent teaching or reference
book for the student or professional engineer.-Wallace Shakun,
Former Dean of Technology, Clayton State University, GeorgiaModern
technology is rapidly changing, requiring the application of the
most effective methods of improvement and development of
engineering systems. These methods comprise the purposeful
analytical investigations of mechanical and related systems in the
area of applied dynamics. The main role of analytical
investigations in the area of dynamics related to engineering
systems consists of providing the possibility for purposeful
control of the parameters of the systems in order to obtain the
required performance of the system during the executing of the
working process. Michael Spektor's Applied Dynamics in Engineering
addresses these issues.-Professor Walter Buchanan, Texas A&M
University In 54 years as a mechanical engineer and scholar, I have
never had Laplace Transforms laid out for me in a more complete and
understandable manner than it is by Michael Spektor in his
two-volume set of books Solving Engineering Problems in Dynamics
and Applied Dynamics in Engineering. Way back in the final year of
my doctoral studies, I was advised that I ought to have a
graduate-level math course listed among my studies. I found a
course that was scheduled to be taught the next semester entitled
something like "Transform Calculus." I had A grades in calculus,
and I had been a "whiz kid" with the Fourier series, so I signed up
for it. There was a lot on my mind that semester. I found the
course to be abstract and diverting. My disinterest was duly
rewarded with a C grade-the only C that I had received since my
freshman year. Since it was the only course that I took that term,
I was surprised to receive a letter advising me that I was on
academic probation and would have to take another graduate course
the next semester and get an A grade to average out that C. I chose
another highly technical course and got the A. Though
professionally, I subsequently used other transform methods both
analytical and experimental, the incident left me terrified of the
Laplace Transform. My fear continued to stalk me, even though
shortly afterward in my career I successfully held the title of
"Structural Dynamics Engineer" with a Fortune 500 company. So I was
again surprised when Dr. Michael Spektor, my long-time friend and
colleague for 26 years, told me that over his 10 years of
retirement, he had just completed the two above-cited books devoted
to the use of Laplace Transforms in the solution of mechanical
engineering and technology problems. I knew Michael to be a very
accurate and successful professor and department head. And I was
familiar with his research work on designing a vibration machine to
penetrate soil. But Dr. Spektor's new and independent scholarship
on the use of the Laplace Transform is profound. He has searched
the literature on transforms that would be specific to the study
and practice of mechanical engineering only. And he reduces his
findings to 96 transform pairs that meet the specific needs of
mechanical engineers. This I learned from him as I now enter the
final year before my own retirement from teaching. I expect that
checking through some of his many transform pairs will be an early
pleasure of my own retirement and my own overdue conquest of this,
my personal Chimera.-Professor Lawrence J. Wolf, Oregon Institute
of Technology Michael B. Spektor is the former Professor and Chair
of the Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Technology at Oregon Institute of Technology. He has an
undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kiev
Polytechnic University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from
Kiev Construction University. He has worked in both industry and
higher education in the United States, Israel, and the former
Soviet Union. Specktor holds five U.S. Patents and two U.S.S.R
Inventor's Certificates. 1- Principles of Applied Dynamics.
2-Common Engineering Problems in Dynamics. 3- Force of Inertia 4-
Inertia & Friction. 5- Inertia & Constant Resistance. 6-
Inertia, Constant Resistance & Friction. 7- Inertia &
Stiffness. 8- Inertia, Stiffness & Friction. 9- Inertia,
Stiffness & Constant Resistance. 10- Inertia, Stiffness,
Resistance & Friction. 11- Inertia & Damping. 12- Inertia,
Damping & Friction. 13- Inertia, Damping & Constant
Resistance. 14- Inertia, Damping, Resistance & Friction. 15-
Inertia, Damping & Stiffness. 16-Inertia, Damping, Stiffness
& Friction. 17- Inertia, Damping, Stiffness & Constant
Resistance. 18- Inertia, Damping, Stiffness, Resistance &
Friction. 19- Two Dimensional Motion
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