1R5. Analytical Elements of Mechanisms. - DB Marghitu and MJ Crocker (Dept of Mech Eng, Auburn Univ, Auburn AL). Cambridge UP, Cambridge, UK. 2001. 276 pp. ISBN 0-521-62383-9. $59.95.
Reviewed by AF Bertolini (Dept of Aerospace Eng, RMIT Univ, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, Vic, Australia).
This is not a book for the faint-hearted non-mathematically oriented among us. Marghitu and Crocker have produced a monograph that explores deeply the mathematics underpinning the theory of mechanisms. From one perspective, it is a tour-de-force of mathematical derivation for the properties and motions of mechanisms. From the educational perspective, it lacks the structure and design to make itself a worthwhile educational textbook.
The book is aimed at the senior and graduate student level. Its purpose was so “readers can become familiar with the solution of kinematics and dynamics problems of mechanisms, methods of solution, and their software implementation. Readers can also study and compare...
