Purpose and Structure of the Dynamics of Machinery – Model Generation and Parameter Identification – Classification of Calculation Models – General Principles – Examples – Determination of Mass Parameters – Overview – Mass and Position of the Center of Gravity – Moment of Inertia about an Axis – Moment of Inertia Tensor – Spring Characteristics – General Context – Machine Elements, SubAssemblies – Rubber Springs – Problems P to P – Solutions S to S – Damping Characteristics – General Context – Methods for Determining Characteristic Damping – Parameters – Empirical Damping Values – Characteristic Excitation Parameters – Periodic Excitation – Transient Excitation – Problems P to P – Solutions S to S – Dynamics of Rigid Machines – Introduction – Kinematics of a Rigid Body – Coordinate Transformations – Kinematic Parameters – Kinematics of the GimbalMounted Gyroscope – Problems P and P – Solutions S and S – Kinetics of the Rigid Body – Kinetic Energy and Moment of Inertia Tensor – Principles of Linear Momentum and of Angular Momentum – Kinetics of Edge Mills – Problems P and P – Solutions S and S – Kinetics of Multibody Systems .