These two textbooks and solution manual are intended for use in undergraduate mechanics courses dealing with Newton/Euler methods applicable to problems of statics and dynamics of systems of particles and rigid bodies. The nine chapters of the two books are entitled Vector Operations, Bound Vectors, Centroids, Forces and Equilibrium, Differentiation of Vectors, Kinematics, Inertia, The Motion Law, and Additional Topics. Autolev is used throughout both books, but no prior knowledge of this program is required since instruction in its use is an integral part of the presentation. Twenty-five Problem Sets. fifteen of which appear in Part 1, and the remainder in Part 2, deal with problems closely related to the text material. The solution manual is available only to instructors.

This textbook, accompanying ten problem sets, and additional solutions manual, present an essentially new approach to problem solving in dynamics, an approach involving extensive online computerized symbol manipulation performed with Autolev. The book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students. Dynamics theory is set forth in chapters entitled Vector Operations, Kinematics, Mass Distribution, Forces, Equations of Motion, and Energy and Momentum Considerations. No prior knowledge of Autolev is required since instruction in the use of the program is an integral part of the text. The solution manual is available only to instructors.