Abstract:Abstract. Often, Lagrange's formalism based on the Lagrangian is the preferred way in order to derive equations of motion for a mechanical system. Therefore, the first step is the formulation of the total kinetic and total potential energy. In this formalism, holonomic constraints can be taken into account by using the Lagrange multiplier method, and external and dissipative forces can be included variationally consistently by means of the Lagrange-D'Alembert principle. In this way, we are directly arrive at a… Show more
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