Introduction to Statics and Dynamics
by Rudra Pratap and Andy Ruina
Copyright 1994-2008 by Andy Ruina and Rudra Pratap for Oxford University Press
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The story. We wrote a book because we thought the available texts weren't good enough. We talked to about 10 textbook authors before we started writing. They all advised against it: more work than you would think, slight or negative academic rewards, and little chance of financial gain. Now we know. But it hasn't been all bad. We started in 1992 and have re-organized the book 4 or 5 times since. We have enjoyed 13 international trips to work together in Ithaca, the Baltic Sea, and Bangalore. We intended to wite just a dynamics text, but then we added statics because many of the student dynamics difficulties had their roots there.The book was contracted by Saunders Publishing but then sold, with the whole Saunders College Division, to Oxford University Press where our friendly editor, presumably waiting for us to say ``ready'', is Danielle Christianson. Various pre-release versions of this book have been used at Cornell about 12 times and also at a few other schools. The book has had about 20 external reviews. Some people have read the book through and found it educational, despite the defects which have annoyed some others. We hope more and more people find the book useful as we continue to improve it.

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Aug 7, 2008 Full book: Chapters1-16 w/ index and some answers   (997 pages, 28 meg)
                     Printed version spiral bound in 2 volumes available on about Aug 28, 2008 for about $80.

Spring 2008 version:

1/23/08 Chapters 1-9    
3/4/08   Chapter 10
3/27/08 Chapters 11-12
4/8/08   Chapter 13
4/26/08 Chapters 1-14 w/ index and some answers only minor edits to 1-13 (42 megabytes)
4/26/08 just Chapter 14 w/index and some answers (4 megabytes)

Spring 2007 version:

1/23/07: Chapters1-9
2/15/07: Updated chapter 9 problems (some corrections, new collision problems)
2/18/07: Chapter 10
3/8/07  : Chapter 11
3/13/07: Chapter 12
4/5/07:   Chapter 13
4/22/07:  Chapter 14

Substantial Errors:
pg 386 of 1/23 ed: 1 N actually = 1 kg m/s^2 , NOT 1 kg/(m s^2). (Corrected In Later Editions)

Prob 4.69.   Should give answers in terms of M, R, theta and g.

2002 version: (This version was printed.)

Ruina/Pratap "whole book" with no problems (11 meg pdf, January 2002 version)
Ruina/Pratap, problems only (6.4 meg pdf)
Center of mass (The "whole book" above is missing this section.)
D'Alambert beware (The "whole book" above is missing this section.)