Hamel’s Formalism for Infinite-Dimensional Mechanical Systems

Donghua Shi*, Yakov Berchenko-Kogan, Dmitry V. Zenkov, Anthony M. Bloch

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce Hamel’s formalism for infinite-dimensional mechanical systems and in particular consider its applications to the dynamics of nonholonomically constrained systems. This development is a nontrivial extension of its finite-dimensional counterpart. The analysis is applied to several continuum mechanical systems of interest, including coupled systems and systems with infinitely many constraints.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)241-283
Number of pages43
JournalJournal of Nonlinear Science
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2017

Keywords

  • Hamel equations
  • Momentum
  • Nonholonomic constraints
  • Symmetry

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