Introduction.- Purpose of applied dynamics.- Contribution of analytical mechanics.- Modeling of mechanical systems.- Multibody systems.- Finite-Element systems.- Continuous systems.- Flexible multibody systems.- Choice of a mechanical model.- Degrees of freedom.- Basics of kinematics.- Free systems.- Kinematics of a point.- Kinematics of the rigid body.- Kinematics of the continuum.- Holonomic systems.- Point systems.- Multibody systems.- Continuum.-...