Group Classification for the Path Equation Describing Minimum Drag Word and Symmetry Reductions

Mehmet Pakdemirli; Yigit Aksoy

doi:10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2010.07.012

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Mehmet Pakdemirli, Yigit Aksoy. Group Classification for the Path Equation Describing Minimum Drag Word and Symmetry Reductions[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2010, 31(7): 868-873. doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2010.07.012

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Group Classification for the Path Equation Describing Minimum Drag Word and Symmetry Reductions

doi: 10.3879/j.issn.1000-0887.2010.07.012

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Celal Bayar University, 45140, Muradiye, Manisa, Turkey

Received Date: 1900-01-01
Rev Recd Date: 2010-04-21
Publish Date: 2010-07-15

Abstract

Abstract

Path equation describing minmium drag work first proposed by Pakdemirli [Pakdem irliM. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2009, 223(5): 1113-1116] was reconsidered. Lie Group theory was applied to the general equation. Group classification with respect to altitude dependent arbitrary function was presented. Using the symmetries, group-invariant solutions were determined and reduction of order by canonical coordinates was performed.
- minimum drag work,
- Lie group theory,
- group classification

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