Offering an account of Lagrangian mechanics, this work uses the Principle of Virtual Work in conjunction with the Lagrangian Multiplier to solve the problems of statics. For the treatment of dynamics, a third concept had to be added to the first two - d'Alembert's Principle - in order to develop the Lagrangian equations of motion.
| ISBN: | 9780792343493 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 1996 |
| Author: | JL Lagrange |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 594 pages |
| Series: | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of science Historiography History of mathematics Classical mechanics History Physics |