On a decomposition of generalized constraint forces Academic Article

abstract

• An additive decomposition of generalized constraint forces into a component determined by the motion of the system and a constitutively prescribed component is discussed in this paper. The former component is shown to be necessary and sufficient to ensure that the motion of the system satisfies the constraint, while the prescription of the latter is shown to be at the discretion of the dynamicist. The decomposition is also related to previous works on constraint forces in the dynamics of discrete mechanical systems.

authors

• Srinivasa, Arun

published proceedings

• PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

author list (cited authors)

• O'Reilly, O. M., & Srinivasa, A. R.

citation count

• 19

complete list of authors

• O'Reilly, OM||Srinivasa, AR

publication date

• June 2001

publisher

• The Royal Society  Publisher

published in

• Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences  Journal

keywords

• Classical Dynamics
• Constraint Forces
• Constraints

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1098/rspa.2000.0717

start page

• 1307

end page

• 1313

volume

• 457

issue

• 2010

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2000.0717