On the application of variational methods to initial value problems in dynamics

W. Stuiver

doi:10.1115/1.3640536

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

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01 Jun 1962

On the application of variational methods to initial value problems in dynamics

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Abstract

The variational formulation of the initial value problem is derived and used for the construction of a procedure for the determination of approximate solutions. For the case of periodic motion of simple oscillators this procedure is shown to reduce to conventional techniques. 1962 by ASME.

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