16.61 Aerospace Dynamics Spring 2003 Example Given: Catapult rotating at a constant rate(frictionless, in the horizontal plane) Find the eom of the particle as it leaves the
16.61 Aerospace Dynamics Spring 2003 Lagrange's equations Joseph-Louis lagrange 1736-1813 http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/-history/mathematicians/lagranGe.html Born in Italy. later lived in berlin and paris Originally studied to be a lawyer
16.61 Aerospace Dynamics Spring 2003 Generalized forces revisited Derived Lagrange s equation from d'Alembert's equation ∑m(8x+16y+22)=∑(Fx+F+F。=) Define virtual displacements sx Substitute in and noting the independence of the 8q,, for each
