Hi All,

To get EOM of a specific type of vibrating shell structure, I constructed the Hamilton equation of the system with messy and complex integrand (so many derivatives and variables are included). Now I have to calculate the variation of the Hamilton equation (del(int((T+U-V),t=t0..t1)=0) to get the EOMs and BCs of the system.

Is there anybody to know how to take a variation of such bulky integral in Maple?

Is there anyone to have experience in finding the EOM of shell structure using variational calculus in Maple?

Any comment will be useful.

Regards,