Stability of Equilibrium States and Stationary Motions of Conservative Systems

  • David R. Merkin
Part of the Texts in Applied Mathematics book series (TAM, volume 24)

Abstract

We consider a mechanical system with holonomic and scleronomic constraints. The state of the system can be described by s generalized independent coordinates q1,⋯, q s . It is well known that at a state of equilibrium all generalized forces Q k of such a system are equal to zero:
$$ {Q_1} = 0, \ldots, {Q_s} = 0 $$
(3.1)
.

Keywords

Potential Energy Equilibrium Position Stationary Motion Gyroscopic Force Positive Definite Quadratic Form 
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Copyright information

© Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1997

Authors and Affiliations

  • David R. Merkin
    • 1
  1. 1.St. Petersburg State UniversityUSA

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