Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, I use the skills we've developed in the previous videos on Calculus of Variations/Analytical Mechanics to solve an Action Problem involving a block sliding down a moving inclined plane.

I begin by formulating the problem, determining the kinetic and potential energies, and then solving the Lagrange equations for the 2 'particle' (i.e. block + wedge) system.

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