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VARIATIONAL METHODS IN NONCONSERVATIVE PHENOMENA
Variational Methods in Nonconservative Phenomena

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By
B. Vujanovic, University of Novi Sad
S. Jones, University of Alabama

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Mathematics in Science and Engineering,

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

Audience
Researchers and graduate students in theoretical and applied mechanics, applied mathematicians, and physicists.

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.

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 371 pages, publication date: MAR-1989
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-728450-7
ISBN-10: 0-12-728450-8
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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