Some variational formulations for continuum nonlinear dynamics
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Some variational formulations for continuum nonlinear dynamics
zbMATH Open document ID: 1030.74006
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(98)00016-7
author: Angelo Carini
author: Francesco Genna
published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
publication date: 2004-02-10T00:00:00Z
review text: The classic approach to the establishment of a variational principle requires a selfadjoint system. Here the authors give an example that even a simple equation of a motion without friction with prescribed initial conditions is not selfadjoint with respect to classical bilinear forms, leading to difficulties in searching for classical variational principles for dynamical problems. Hamilton principle can deal with dynamical problems only for conditions prescribed at the beginning and at the end of the motion, so the Hamilton principle cannot be used for initial conditions. The authors introduce an auxiliary system and establish a classical variational principle with original fields and auxiliary fields, converting initial conditions into natural ones, which can make the obtained variational principle stationary. Three variational principles with auxiliary variables are established for dynamical problems of elasticity. However, the disadvantage of doubling of the unknown variables in the functional leads to inconvenience when incorporating numerical simulations.
reviewed by: Ji-Huan He
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74B05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 49S05
zbMATH DE Number: 1441406
zbMATH Keywords: variational principle
zbMATH Keywords: Hamilton principle
zbMATH Keywords: selfadjoint system
zbMATH Keywords: auxiliary variables
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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