22 research outputs found
Gauge Transformations, Twisted Poisson Brackets and Hamiltonization of Nonholonomic Systems
In this paper we study the problem of Hamiltonization of nonholonomic systems
from a geometric point of view. We use gauge transformations by 2-forms (in the
sense of Severa and Weinstein [29]) to construct different almost Poisson
structures describing the same nonholonomic system. In the presence of
symmetries, we observe that these almost Poisson structures, although gauge
related, may have fundamentally different properties after reduction, and that
brackets that Hamiltonize the problem may be found within this family. We
illustrate this framework with the example of rigid bodies with generalized
rolling constraints, including the Chaplygin sphere rolling problem. We also
see how twisted Poisson brackets appear naturally in nonholonomic mechanics
through these examples
First Integrals and symmetries of nonholonomic systems
In nonholonomic mechanics, the presence of constraints in the velocities
breaks the well-under\-stood link between symmetries and first integrals of
holonomic systems, expressed in Noether's Theorem. However there is a known
special class of first integrals of nonholonomic systems generated by vector
fields tangent to the group orbits, called {\it horizontal gauge momenta}, that
suggest that some version of this link should still hold. In this paper we
prove that, under certain conditions on the symmetry Lie group, the
(nonholonomic) momentum map is conserved along the nonholonomic dynamics, thus
extending Noether Theorem to the nonholonomic framework. Our analysis leads to
a constructive method, with fundamental consequences to the integrability of
some nonholonomic systems as well as their hamiltonization. We apply our
results to three paradigmatic examples: the snakeboard, a solid of revolution
rolling without sliding on a plane and a heavy homogeneous ball that rolls
without sliding inside a convex surface of revolution. In particular, for the
snakeboard we show the existence of a new horizontal gauge momentum that
reveals new aspects of its integrability
A Geometric Characterization of Certain First Integrals for Nonholonomic Systems with Symmetries
We study the existence of first integrals in nonholonomic systems with symmetry. First we define the concept of M -cotangent lift of a vector field on a manifold Q in order to unify the works [Balseiro P., Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 214 (2014), 453-501, arXiv:1301.1091], [Fosse F., Ramos A., Sansonetto N., Regul. Chaotic Dyn. 12 (2007), 579588], and [Fosse F., Giacobbe A., Sansonetto N., Rep. Math. Phys. 62 (2008), 345-367]. Second, we study gauge symmetries and gauge momenta, in the cases in which there are the symmetries that satisfy the so-called vertical symmetry condition. Under such condition we can predict the number of linearly independent first integrals (that are gauge momenta). We illustrate the theory with two examples
Orthogonal projections and the dynamics of constrained mechanical systems
A coordinate-free version of the approach to mechanical systems with non-ideal restrictions developed by Udwadia (2002) and Udwadia and Kalaba (2002) in a series of articles is introduced. Some of its properties are then reinterpreted in a general geometric setting in terms of orthogonal projections. A geometric view of other aspects of constrained systems, inspired by their insight, is also presented.Facultad de Ciencias Exacta
Orthogonal projections and the dynamics of constrained mechanical systems
A coordinate-free version of the approach to mechanical systems with non-ideal restrictions developed by Udwadia (2002) and Udwadia and Kalaba (2002) in a series of articles is introduced. Some of its properties are then reinterpreted in a general geometric setting in terms of orthogonal projections. A geometric view of other aspects of constrained systems, inspired by their insight, is also presented.Facultad de Ciencias Exacta