Variational Models and Methods in Solid and Fluid Mechanics  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Francesco dell’Isola, Sergey Gavrilyuk. 
 - IX, 358 p.  online resource. 
 - CISM Courses and Lectures,  535  0254-1971 ; .
 - CISM Courses and Lectures,  535 .
<br/><br/> Variational methods give an efficient and elegant way to formulate and solve mathematical problems that are of interest to scientists and engineers. In this book three fundamental aspects of the variational formulation of mechanics will be presented: physical, mathematical and applicative ones. The first aspect concerns the investigation of the nature of real physical problems with the aim of finding the best variational formulation suitable to those problems. The second aspect is the study of the well-posedeness of those mathematical problems which need to be solved in order to draw previsions from the formulated models. And the third aspect is related to the direct application of variational analysis to solve real engineering problems. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783709109830 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-3-7091-0983-0  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Engineering.<br/>Calculus of variations.<br/>Mechanics.<br/>Mechanics, Applied.<br/>Engineering.<br/>Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.<br/>Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.<br/>Mechanics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA349-359 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.1