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  2. Displacement (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    Displacement is the shift in location when an object in motion changes from one position to another. [2] For motion over a given interval of time, the displacement divided by the length of the time interval defines the average velocity (a vector), whose magnitude is the average speed (a scalar quantity).

  3. List of open-source software for mathematics - Wikipedia

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    The primary difference between a computer algebra system and a traditional calculator is the ability to deal with equations symbolically rather than numerically. The precise uses and capabilities of these systems differ greatly from one system to another, yet their purpose remains the same: manipulation of symbolic equations .

  4. Castigliano's method - Wikipedia

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    Castigliano's method for calculating displacements is an application of his second theorem, which states: If the strain energy of a linearly elastic structure can be expressed as a function of generalised force Q i then the partial derivative of the strain energy with respect to generalised force gives the generalised displacement q i in the direction of Q i.

  5. Mean squared displacement - Wikipedia

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    Another method to describe the motion of a Brownian particle was described by Langevin, now known for its namesake as the Langevin equation.) (,) = (,), given the initial condition (, =) = (); where () is the position of the particle at some given time, is the tagged particle's initial position, and is the diffusion constant with the S.I. units ...

  6. Michell solution - Wikipedia

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    In continuum mechanics, the Michell solution is a general solution to the elasticity equations in polar coordinates (,) developed by John Henry Michell in 1899. [1] The solution is such that the stress components are in the form of a Fourier series in θ {\displaystyle \theta } .

  7. Gauss–Seidel method - Wikipedia

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    In numerical linear algebra, the Gauss–Seidel method, also known as the Liebmann method or the method of successive displacement, is an iterative method used to solve a system of linear equations. It is named after the German mathematicians Carl Friedrich Gauss and Philipp Ludwig von Seidel .

  8. Direct stiffness method - Wikipedia

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    The structure’s unknown displacements and forces can then be determined by solving this equation. The direct stiffness method forms the basis for most commercial and free source finite element software. The direct stiffness method originated in the field of aerospace. Researchers looked at various approaches for analysis of complex airplane ...

  9. Newmark-beta method - Wikipedia

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    here is the mass matrix, is the damping matrix, and are internal force per unit displacement and external forces, respectively. Using the extended mean value theorem , the Newmark- β {\displaystyle \beta } method states that the first time derivative (velocity in the equation of motion ) can be solved as,