Study of The Principle of Minimum Potential Energy
Keywords:
Potential, EnergyAbstract
Deformation and stress analysis of structural systems can be accomplished using the principle of Minimum Potential Energy (MPE), which states that For conservative structural systems, of all the kinematically admissible deformations, those corresponding to the equilibrium state extremize (i.e., minimize or maximize) the total potential energy. If the extremum is a minimum, the equilibrium state is stable.
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