, s. These sets of differential equations for a given system are called the ”Lagrange’s Equations” and are the equations of motion of the system (they give the relations between acceleration, velocities and coordinates). They constitute a set of of s second-order differential equations.
called analytical dynamics. In this course we will only deal with this method at an elementary level. Even at complex systems. These two approaches–Newton’s Law and Lagrange’s Equations–are totally compatible. No new physical laws result for one approach vs. the other. Many have argued that Lagrange’s Equations, particles and rigid bodies.
Use the explicit Lagrangian formulation to directly determine the mass, damping and stiffness matrices for the system. EOM’s for N-DOF systems. This formulation allows use to develop the EOM’s in a work on the system. in the kinematics and/or from nonlinear material behavior. Our goal in this course is to study small oscillations of systems.
The quantity m which appears in the Lagrangian is the mass of the particle. Re- membering the additive property of the Lagrangians we can show that for a system of particles, which do not interact, the Lagrangian is given as Remark 4.2 The above definition of mass becomes only meaningful, when we take the additive property into account.