Variational Methods in Nonconservative Phenomena

This book provides a comprehensive survey of analytic and approximate solutions of problems of applied mechanics, with particular emphasis on nonconservative phenomena. Include

List of contents

A Brief Account of the Variational Principles of Classical Holonomic Dynamics. Variational Principles and Lagrangians. Conservation Laws. A Study of the Motion of Conservative and Nonconservative Dynamical Systems by Means of Field Theory. Variational Principles with Vanishing Parameters and Their Applications. Applications of Gauss' Principle of Least Constraint to Nonconservative Phenomena. Index.

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• Authors: Stanley E. Jonas, S. E. Jones, S. E. (University of Alabama) Jones, B. D. Vujanovic, B. D. (University of Novi Sad) Vujanovic, B.d. Jones Vujanovic, Bozidar Vujanovic
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1989
• EAN: 9780127284507
• ISBN: 978-0-12-728450-7
• No. of pages: 371
• Series: Mathematics in Science and Eng; Mathematics in Science & Engineering; Mathematics in Science and Eng
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works