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    continuum mechanics, wave action refers to a conservable measure of the wave part of a motion. For small-amplitude and slowly varying waves, the wave...
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  • both experimental and theoretical understanding of fluid mechanics and continuum mechanics. This timeline includes developments in: Theoretical models...
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  • Solid mechanics (also known as mechanics of solids) is the branch of continuum mechanics that studies the behavior of solid materials, especially their...
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  • part on earlier 19th-century ideas. The development in the modern continuum mechanics, particularly in the areas of elasticity, plasticity, fluid dynamics...
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    classical mechanics, such as: statics, dynamics, kinematics, continuum mechanics (which includes fluid mechanics), statistical mechanics, etc. Mechanics: A branch...
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    application: Celestial mechanics, relating to stars, planets and other celestial bodies Continuum mechanics, for materials modelled as a continuum, e.g., solids...
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    Lagrangian mechanics is a formulation of classical mechanics founded on the stationary-action principle (also known as the principle of least action). It was...
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    in quantum mechanics relates to physical reality. It asserts that the universal wavefunction is objectively real, and that there is no wave function collapse...
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    generalized momentum is carried over into quantum mechanics, where it becomes an operator on a wave function. The momentum and position operators are...
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  • Hamilton–Jacobi equation (category Hamiltonian mechanics)
    Hamilton–Jacobi equation is a formulation of mechanics in which the motion of a particle can be represented as a wave. In this sense, it fulfilled a long-held...
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  • the more general nonlinear theory of elasticity and a branch of continuum mechanics. The fundamental "linearizing" assumptions of linear elasticity are:...
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    by capillary action Capillary pressure – Pressure between two fluids from forces between the fluids and tube walls Capillary wave – Wave on the surface...
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    Hamiltonian mechanics is a reformulation of Lagrangian mechanics that emerged in 1833. Introduced by Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Hamiltonian mechanics replaces...
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  • a beginning state of rest or of motion, subjected to the action of forces. Applied mechanics bridges the gap between physical theory and its application...
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  • non-relativistic quantum mechanics. The wave functions of quantum mechanics are probability amplitudes for particular states, and so quantum mechanics lends itself...
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    Averaged Lagrangian (category Continuum mechanics)
    modelling of surface gravity waves on fluid interfaces, and in plasma physics. In case a Lagrangian formulation of a continuum mechanics system is available,...
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  • Non-Newtonian fluid (category Continuum mechanics)
    tensor-valued constitutive equations, which are common in the field of continuum mechanics. The viscosity of a shear thickening – i.e. dilatant – fluid appears...
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    philosophical view that all events in the universe, including human decisions and actions, are causally inevitable. Deterministic theories throughout the history...
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  • Analytic tools of mechanics grew through the next two centuries, including the development of Hamiltonian mechanics and the action principles, concepts...
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  • In classical mechanics, action-angle variables are a set of canonical coordinates that are useful in characterizing the nature of commuting flows in integrable...
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    obtained results based upon the classical theory of elasticity and continuum mechanics. The most significant flaw of his theory was the neglect of any nature...
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    Equations of motion (category Classical mechanics)
    mechanics. Newton's second law applies to point-like particles, and to all points in a rigid body. They also apply to each point in a mass continuum,...
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  • See below for mathematical details about Hermitian operators. In the wave mechanics formulation of QM, the wavefunction varies with space and time, or equivalently...
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    of space and the one dimension of time into a single four-dimensional continuum. Spacetime diagrams are useful in visualizing and understanding relativistic...
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  • Homeokinetics - the physics of complex, self-organizing systems Continuum mechanics – the branch of mechanics that deals with the analysis of the kinematics and the...
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  • Vorticity (category Continuum mechanics)
    In continuum mechanics, vorticity is a pseudovector field that describes the local spinning motion of a continuum near some point (the tendency of something...
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  • equations in chaos theory n-body problem in celestial mechanics Wave action in continuum mechanics Continuity equation for conservation laws Maxwell's equations...
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  • Canonical Action, Part Two, Relativistic Canonical Theory of Electromagnetics, Chapter VI Komkov, Vadim (1986) Variational principles of continuum mechanics with...
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  • Retrieved 19 August 2017. "Alpha-Waves / Continuum". SourceForge.net. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2017. "Continuum for Amiga (1991) - MobyGames"...
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  • Analytical Mechanics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-57572-0. T.B. Arkill, C.J. Millar (1974). Mechanics, Vibrations and Waves. John Murray...
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