We derive the Euler-Lagrange equation corresponding to 'non-Euclidean' convex constrained von Kármán theories.

We demonstrate that the known off-shell nilpotent (i.e. s(a)b = 0) and anticommuting (i.e. sbsab + sabsb = 0) Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) transformations (sb) and anti-BRST transformations (sab) are the symmetry transformations of the appropriate Lagrangian densities of a four (3 + 1)-dimensional (4D) free Abelian 2-form gauge theory which do not explicitly incorporate a very specific cons...

3 Lagrange’s Equations of Motion 9 3.1 Lagrange’s Equations Via The Extended Hamilton’s Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2 Rayleigh’s Dissipation function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.3 Kinematic Requirements of Lagrange’s Equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.4 Lagrange Equation Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

The paper suggests a generalization of the classic Euler-Lagrange equation for circuits compounded of arbitrary elements from Chua’s periodic table. Newly defined potential functions for general (,) elements are used for the construction of generalized Lagrangians and generalized dissipative functions. Also procedures of drawing the Euler-Lagrange equations are demonstrated.

The problem of minimal distortion bending of smooth compact embedded connected Riemannian n-manifolds M and N without boundary is made precise by defining a deformation energy functional Φ on the set of diffeomorphisms Diff(M,N). We derive the Euler-Lagrange equation for Φ and determine smooth minimizers of Φ in case M and N are simple closed curves. MSC 2000 Classification: 58E99

Under the bounded slope condition on the boundary values of a minimization problem for a functional of the gradient of u, we show that a continuous minimizer w is, in fact, Lipschitzian. An application of this result to prove the validity of the Euler Lagrange equation for w is presented.

I have used a novel approach based upon Hamiltonian mechanics to derive new equations for nearly geostrophic motion in a shallow homogeneous fluid. The equations have the same order accuracy as (say) the quasigeostrophic equations, but they allow order-one variations in the depth and Coriolis parameter. My equations exactly conserve proper analogues of the energy and potential vorticity, and th...

In a recent paper [7] we interpreted configurational forces as necessary and sufficient dissipative mechanisms such that the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equations are satisfied. We now extend this argument for a dynamic elastic medium, and show that the energy flux obtained from the dynamic J integral ensures that the equations of motion hold throughout the body.