Variational Methods in Nonconservative Phenomena
β Scribed by B.D. Vujanovic and S.E. Jones (Eds.)
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 382
- Series
- Mathematics in science and engineering 182
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book provides a comprehensive survey of analytic and approximate solutions of problems of applied mechanics, with particular emphasis on nonconservative phenomena. Include
β¦ Table of Contents
Content:
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Page iii
Copyright page
Page iv
Preface
Pages ix-x
B.D. Vujanovic, S.E. Jones
Chapter 1 A Brief Account of the Variational Principles of Classical Holonomic Dynamics
Pages 1-44
Chapter 2 Variational Principles and Lagrangians
Pages 45-73
Chapter 3 Conservation Laws
Pages 74-151
Chapter 4 A Study of the Motion of Conservative and Nonconservative Dynamical Systems by Means of Field Theory
Pages 152-239
Chapter 5 Variational Principles with Vanishing Parameters and Their Applications
Pages 240-305
Chapter 6 Variational Principles with Uncommutative Rules and Their Applications to Nonconservative Phenomena
Pages 306-331
Chapter 7 Applications of Gauss's Principle of Least Constraint to Nonconservative Phenomena
Pages 332-361
Author Index
Pages 363-365
Index
Pages 367-370
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