Abstract
It is often believed that the Rayleigh-Lagrange formalism for classical dissipative systems is unable to encompass forces described by nonlinear functions of the velocities. Here we show that this is indeed a misconception.
- Received 26 June 2014
- Revised 24 September 2014
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.013203
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