Lagrangian coordinates

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please discuss this issue on the talk page or replace this tag with a more specific message.
This article has been tagged since June 2006.

A system of Lagrangian or material coordinates describes space which a material fills such that the coordinates of each particle of matter is constant as the material deforms. That is, a Lagrangian coordinate system follows matter as it moves.

[edit] See also


This article about an engineering topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../l/a/g/Lagrangian_coordinates.html"