 | | Mechanics of Solids
A Journal of Russian Academy of Sciences | | Founded
in January 1966
Issued 6 times a year
Print ISSN 0025-6544
Online ISSN 1934-7936 |
Archive of Issues
| Total articles in the database: | | 12854 |
| In Russian (Èçâ. ÐÀÍ. ÌÒÒ): | | 8044
|
| In English (Mech. Solids): | | 4810 |
|
| << Previous article | Volume 43, Issue 6 / 2008 | Next article >> |
| V. Ph. Zhuravlev, "Analysis of the structure of generalized forces in the Lagrange equations," Mech. Solids. 43 (6), 837-842 (2008) |
| Year |
2008 |
Volume |
43 |
Number |
6 |
Pages |
837-842 |
| DOI |
10.3103/S0025654408060010 |
| Title |
Analysis of the structure of generalized forces in the Lagrange equations |
| Author(s) |
V. Ph. Zhuravlev (Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr-t Vernadskogo 101, str. 1, Moscow, 119526, Russia, zhurav@ipmnet.ru) |
| Abstract |
Stability of mechanical systems in the sense of Thomson and Tait [1] can be judged from the type of forces applied to them. The forces are usually divided into potential (conservative), circular, dissipative, accelerating, gyroscopic, etc. The decomposition itself of generalized positional forces into conservative and properly nonconservative forces is well known for the case in which these forces linearly depend on the generalized coordinates (e.g., see [1-5]). Such a decomposition is associated with the unique representation of an arbitrary matrix of these forces as the sum of symmetric and skew-symmetric parts. Generalized forces linearly depending on the velocities can in a similar way be divided into dissipative and gyroscopic parts. In the present paper, we show how the same decomposition can be performed in the general nonlinear case. |
| Received |
11 April 2007 |
| Link to Fulltext |
|
| << Previous article | Volume 43, Issue 6 / 2008 | Next article >> |
|
 If you find a misprint on a webpage, please help us correct it promptly - just highlight and press Ctrl+Enter
|
|
Russian 
English