Schaum's outline of theory and problems of Lagrangian dynamics : with a treatment of Euler's equations of motion, Hamilton's equations and Hamilton's principle / by Dare A. Wells
Machine derived contents note: Background Material. -- Lagrange's Equations of Motion of a Single Particle. -- Lagrange's Equations of Motion for a System of Particles. -- Conservative Systems. -- Dissipative Forces. -- General Treatment of Moments and Products of Inertia. -- Lagrangian Treatment of Rigid Body Dynamics. -- The Euler Method of Rigid Body Dynamics. -- Small Oscillations about Positions of Equilibrium. -- Small Oscillations about Steady Motion. -- Forces of Constraint. -- Driving Forces Required to Establish Known Motions. -- Effects of Earth's Figure and Daily Rotation on Dynamical Problems. -- Application of Lagrange's Equations to Electrical and Electromechanical Systems. -- Hamilton's Equations of Motion. -- Hamilton's Principle. -- Basic Equations of Dynamics in Vector and Tensor Notation. -- Appendix: Relations between Direction Cosines
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