Building on the basic course in dynamics, Advanced Dynamics deals with the understanding of the dynamic behaviour of complex engineering structures, mechanisms and components, a necessity if one wants to comprehend the modern technical advancements in areas such as robotics, multibody spacecraft, altitude control and the design of complex mechanical devices in industry. While the basic dynamics course deals with the simple and easily comprehensive ideas of Newtonian dynamics based on physical space and Newton's laws of motion; this book involves abstract concepts such as virtual displacements, virtual work, generalized coordinates and variation principles. Table of Contents • Introductory Concepts in Dynamics • Concepts in analytical Dynamics • Energy and Momentum • Frames of Reference • Orbital Motion • LaGrange's Equations • Moments and Products of Inertia • Dynamics of Rigid Bodies • Variational Principles • Canonical Transformations and Hamilton-Jacobi Theory • Vibration of Dynamical Systems • Dynamic Response by Numerical Methods. • Index