Conservation of Energy and Momenta in Nonholonomic Systems with Affine Constraints

    2015, Volume 20, Number 4, pp.  449-462

    Author(s): Fasso F., Sansonetto N.

    We characterize the conditions for the conservation of the energy and of the components of the momentum maps of lifted actions, and of their "gauge-like" generalizations, in time-independent nonholonomic mechanical systems with affine constraints. These conditions involve geometrical and mechanical properties of the system, and are codified in the so-called reaction-annihilator distribution.
    Keywords: nonholonomic mechanical systems, conservation of energy, reaction-annihilator distribution, gauge momenta, nonholonomic Noether theorem
    Citation: Fasso F., Sansonetto N., Conservation of Energy and Momenta in Nonholonomic Systems with Affine Constraints, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, 2015, Volume 20, Number 4, pp. 449-462



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