Background on Rayleigh dissipative function

[eureka]

i think I've posted this topic in the wrong thread(theoretical physics).. anyways, i would like to ask, if anyone could give me some backgrounds on Rayleigh Dissipative Function.. thank you very much in advance..

 

[quantumdude]

Here's one item that a Google search turned up:

http://icg.harvard.edu/~phys151/lectures/Lecture13_3up.pdf

Do you need more?

 

[eureka]

tom

thank you so much for the help.. :) i really appreciate it a lot!