Hi i'm an applied maths student i'd like to study about catenary

[princy]

hi I'm an applied maths student i'd like to study about catenary.. where can i get details of catenary and its applications in detail?which book i can refer or is there any website i can go for?

 

[lalbatros]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary

 

[homology]

There's a nice text by Gelfand and Fomin on the calculus of variations, of which this problem is an example. If you want something more pedestrian try 'Perfect Form' by Don Lemons which also deals with the problem (and many others) but from an undergraduate physics perspective. Both are nice little paperbacks that you can either find at a library or buy used for little.