From the reviews: "The book by Edmund Wittbrodt and coworkers introduces an alternative approach to flexible multibody dynamics. ... Overall, the book is a comprehensive and systematic presentation of the rigid finite element method. The presented method is straightforward and particularly attractive for multibody applications where flexible bodies need to be taken into account ... . It can be recommended for graduate students as well as for engineers working in the field." (Bernd Simeon, Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 87 (5), 2007) "This is a monograph on the foundations of engineering mechanics. ... The book is well written and should be of interest and use to students and practitioners in this ever broadening field of computational mechanics." (Ronald L. Huston, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1101 (3), 2007)

• Homogenous Transformations.- The Rigid Finite Element Method.- Modification of the Rigid Finite Element Method.- Calculations for a Cantilever Beam and Methods of Integrating the Equations of Motion.- Verification of the Method.- Applications.