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Geometric mechanics on nonholonomic submanifolds

Olga Krupková (2010)

Communications in Mathematics

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In this survey article, nonholonomic mechanics is presented as a part of geometric mechanics. We follow a geometric setting where the constraint manifold is a submanifold in a jet bundle, and a nonholonomic system is modelled as an exterior differential system on the constraint manifold. The approach admits to apply coordinate independent methods, and is not limited to Lagrangian systems under linear constraints. The new methods apply to general (possibly nonconservative) mechanical...

Overview of Drude-Lorentz type models and their applications

Paolo Di Sia (2014)

Nanoscale Systems: Mathematical Modeling, Theory and Applications

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This paper presents an overview of mathematical models for a better understanding of mechanical processes, as well as dynamics, at the nanoscale. After a short introduction related to semi-empirical and ab initio formulations, molecular dynamics simulations, atomic-scale finite element method, multiscale computational methods, the paper focuses on the Drude-Lorentz type models for the study of dynamics, considering the results of a recently appeared generalization of them for the nanoscale...

On D’Alembert’s Principle

Larry M. Bates, James M. Nester (2011)

Communications in Mathematics

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A formulation of the D’Alembert principle as the orthogonal projection of the acceleration onto an affine plane determined by nonlinear nonholonomic constraints is given. Consequences of this formulation for the equations of motion are discussed in the context of several examples, together with the attendant singular reduction theory.

Several examples of nonholonomic mechanical systems

Martin Swaczyna (2011)

Communications in Mathematics

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A unified geometric approach to nonholonomic constrained mechanical systems is applied to several concrete problems from the classical mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. In every of these examples the given constraint conditions are analysed, a corresponding constraint submanifold in the phase space is considered, the corresponding constrained mechanical system is modelled on the constraint submanifold, the reduced equations of motion of this system (i.e. equations of motion defined...

Technicalities in the calculation of the 3rd post-Newtonian dynamics

Piotr Jaranowski (1997)

Banach Center Publications

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Dynamics of a point-particle system interacting gravitationally according to the general theory of relativity can be analyzed within the canonical formalism of Arnowitt, Deser, and Misner. To describe the property of being a point particle one can employ Dirac delta distribution in the energy-momentum tensor of the system. We report some mathematical difficulties which arise in deriving the 3rd post-Newtonian Hamilton's function for such a system. We also offer ways to overcome partially...

Variational formulations I: Statics of mechanical systems

Włodzimierz M. Tulczyjew (2011)

Communications in Mathematics

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Two improvements of variational formulations of mechanics are proposed. The first consists in a modification of the definition of equilibrium. The second consists in adding elements of control by external devices. In the present note the proposed improvements are applied to variational principles of statics. Numerous examples are given.