Question

As gradients of this quantity tend to zero, the Green–Lagrange tensor and Euler tensor are approximately equal. This quantity is the partial derivative of capital U with respect to Q-sub-i, a fact that is used in Castigliano’s method for finding this quantity. Subtracting the identity matrix from the deformation gradient tensor gives a tensor named for this quantity that is assumed to be negligible in infinitesimal (-5[1])strain theory. Forms of this quantity for a rigid body are related by Chasles’s (“shahl’s”) theorem (-5[1])to a screw type of this quantity. Lagrange’s (-5[1])equation states the following: [read slowly] the partial of L with respect to this quantity equals d-by-dt of (10[1])the partial of L with respect (10[2])to this-quantity-dot.” If acceleration (10[1])is constant, (10[1]-5[1])this quantity equals “v-t (10[7]-5[3])plus one-half-a-t-squared.” For (10[1])10 points, (10[2])what quantity (-5[1])is the vector analogue (10[1])of (10[5])distance? ■END■

ANSWER: displacement [or position; accept displacement field or displacement gradient tensor or screw displacement or generalized displacement; prompt on x; prompt on q; prompt on generalized coordinates by asking “what quantity is being generalized?”; reject “distance”]
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Nathan SheffieldMITIndiana65-5
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Tim MorrisonStanfordJohns Hopkins88-5
Cade ReinbergerRITRutgers10610
Roxanne TangOhio StateVirginia Tech11210
Shardul RaoMinnesotaWinona State11210
James McCurleyHarvardOttawa11610
Kunaal ChandrashekarToronto BMichigan11810
Nathaniel HullUC Berkeley ANorth Carolina B118-5
Jeremy CummingsWUSTL AFlorida12210
Jason ZhangToronto CChicago B12210
Liam KusalikWaterloo AVanderbilt12210
Ani PerumallaPenn StateVirginia122-5
Andrew WangIllinois ANYU12210
Karan GurazadaTexasGeorgia Tech12210
Matthew WangBritish ColumbiaWUSTL B122-5
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BUCF12210
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSEMaryland122-5
William GrogerColumbia BWaterloo B12210
Shardul ParthasarathyIllinois BIowa State12510
Maximilian NieburJohns HopkinsStanford12710
Bryan UgazArizona StateToronto A12710
Ned TagtmeierChicago AColumbia A129-5
Joseph ChambersVirginiaPenn State13310
June YinWUSTL BBritish Columbia13410
Geoffrey WuColumbia AChicago A13410
Alex AkridgeIndianaMIT13410
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateNorthwestern13410
Isaac MammelMarylandLSE13410