theorem of virtual displacement
1List of mathematics articles (V) — NOTOC Vac Vacuous truth Vague topology Valence of average numbers Valentin Vornicu Validity (statistics) Valuation (algebra) Valuation (logic) Valuation (mathematics) Valuation (measure theory) Valuation of options Valuation ring Valuative… …
2Structural analysis — comprises the set of physical laws and mathematics required to study and predict the behavior of structures. The subjects of structural analysis are engineering artifacts whose integrity is judged largely based upon their ability to withstand… …
3History of structural engineering — The history of structural engineering dates back to at least 2700 BC when the step pyramid for Pharaoh Djoser was built by Imhotep, the first engineer in history known by name. Pyramids were the most common major structures built by ancient… …
4optics — /op tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. [1605 15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC,… …
5solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …
6Force — For other uses, see Force (disambiguation). See also: Forcing (disambiguation) Forces are also described as a push or pull on an object. They can be due to phenomena such as gravity, magnetism, or anything that might cause a mass to accelerate …
7Work (physics) — Classical mechanics Newton s Second Law History of classical mechanics  …
8History of electromagnetism — The history of electromagnetism, that is the human understanding and recorded use of electromagnetic forces, dates back over two thousand years ago, see Timeline of electromagnetism. The ancients must have been acquainted with the effects of… …
9Joseph Louis Lagrange — Lagrange redirects here. For other uses, see Lagrange (disambiguation). Joseph Louis Lagrange Joseph Louis (Giuseppe Lodovico), comte de Lagrange …
10Unit dummy force method — The Unit dummy force method provides a convenient means for computing displacements in structural systems. It is applicable for both linear and non linear material behaviours as well as for systems subject to environmental effects, and hence more …
