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Are principle of virtual work and principle of minimum potential energy same? And how is it related to Calculus of variation?
I am studying Finite element method and Classical Mechanics. I have come across three important terms
Principle of virtual work (found in Classical Mechanics)
Principle of minimum potential energy (...
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Why use virtual displacement to make constraint forces vanish?
Why do we use virtual displacement to vanish work done by constraint forces instead of the actual displacement?
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What does it mean for a force to 'produce' virtual displacement?
Book: Variational Principles of Mechanics by Lanczos, 1st edition, 1949.
Statement (page 80):
"Two systems of forces which produce the same virtual displacements are dynamically equivalent."...
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