Atwood's machine with a massive string

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/AA82FBzbMATH Open1386.70035arXiv1710.01263OpenAlexW3100266629MaRDI QIDQ4601968FDOQ4601968

Authors: Nivaldo A. Lemos 

Publication date: 25 January 2018

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The dynamics of Atwood's machine with a string of significant mass are described by the Lagrangian formalism, providing an eloquent example of how the Lagrangian approach is a great deal simpler and so much more expedient than the Newtonian treatment.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.01263

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zbMATH Keywords

Lagrangian dynamicsAtwood's machine: massive string

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinematics of mechanisms and robots (70B15) Lagrange's equations (70H03)

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• A Lagrangian simulation of the floating-arm trebuchet

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