Engineering Dynamics Labs with SOLIDWORKS Motion 2015

This book is designed as a software-based lab book to complement a standard textbook in an engineering dynamics course, which is usually taught at the undergraduate level. This book can also be used as an auxiliary workbook in a CAE or Finite Element Analysis course for undergraduate students. Each book comes with access to video demonstrations, a quick introduction to SOLIDWORKS eBook and videos, and all the completed part files from the book. This textbook has been carefully developed with the understanding that CAE software has developed to a point that it can be used as a tool to aid students in learning engineering ideas, concepts and even formulas. These concepts are demonstrated in each section of this book. Using the graphics-based tools of SOLIDWORKS Motion can help reduce the dependency on mathematics to teach these concepts substantially. The contents of this book have been written to match the contents of most mechanics of materials textbooks. There are 11 chapters in this book. Each chapter contains two sections. Each section is designed for a student to follow the exact steps in that section and learn a concept or topic of Engineering Dynamics. Typically, each section takes 20-40 minutes to complete the exercises. Each copy of this book comes with access to videos that demonstrate the steps used in each section of the book, an introduction to Part and Assembly Modeling with SOLIDWORKS eBook and videos, and all the files readers may need if they have any trouble. The concise introduction to SOLIDWORKS eBook and videos are designed for those students who have no experience with SOLIDWORKS and want to feel more comfortable working on the exercises in this book.