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PRINCIPLE LEAST WORK [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Tectonics
OBS

For a given displacement of the limits of the mass under consideration, the deformation actually produced is the one that absorbs the least work (principle of least work) of all those that could be conceived.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Tectonique
OBS

(...) pour un déplacement déterminé des limites de l'ensemble que nous considérons, la déformation qui se produit réellement est, de toutes celles que l'on pourrait concevoir, celle qui absorbe le moindre travail (principe du travail minimum).

Spanish

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