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A new approach is proposed for the systematic derivation of varïous variational principles in linear elastodynamics. Based on an important integral relation in terms of convolutions given by the authors, the new approach can be used to derive the complementary functionals for the five-field, four-field, three-field, two-field and one-field variational principles more simply and directly. Furthermore, with this approach, it is possible not only to derive the variational principles given by Herrera and Bielak, Oden and Reddy, but also to develop new more general variational principles. And the intrinsic relationship among various principles can be explained clearly.
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En, L., Cheung, Y.K. On the variational principles in linear elastodynamics. Acta Mech Sinica 4, 337–349 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02486667
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02486667