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This chapter deals with variational techniques applied to the dynamics of mechanical and physical systems and processes. In Chapter 2 we have derived the equations of motion of continuum systems from conservation laws. Variational principles provide an alternative method of obtaining the equations of motion based on the calculus of variations. Also variational techniques are often used in modelling and analysis of new phenomena and constructing approximate methods for solving applied models.
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Hritonenko, N., Yatsenko, Y. (2003). Variational Models and Structural Stability. In: Applied Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems. Applied Optimization, vol 81. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9160-7_3
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