Howland R.A. Intermediate Dynamics: A Linear Algebraic Approach

Springer Science+Business Media, Inc, 2006. XIX, 541 p. —ISBN: 0-387-28059-6 e-ISBN: 0-387-28316-1, ISBN: 978-0387-28059-2.Complete, rigorous review of Linear Algebra, from Vector Spaces to Normal FormsEmphasis on more classical Newtonian treatment (favored by Engineers) of rigid bodies, and more modern in greater reliance on Linear Algebra to get inertia matrix and deal with machinesDevelops Analytical Dynamics to allow the introduction of friction