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Chaplygin ball over a fixed sphere: explicit integration
We consider a nonholonomic system describing a rolling of a dynamically
non-symmetric sphere over a fixed sphere without slipping. The system
generalizes the classical nonholonomic Chaplygin sphere problem and it is shown
to be integrable for one special ratio of radii of the spheres. After a time
reparameterization the system becomes a Hamiltonian one and admits a separation
of variables and reduction to Abel--Jacobi quadratures. The separating
variables that we found appear to be a non-trivial generalization of
ellipsoidal (spheroconical) coordinates on the Poisson sphere, which can be
useful in other integrable problems.
Using the quadratures we also perform an explicit integration of the problem
in theta-functions of the new time.Comment: This is an extended version of the paper to be published in Regular
and Chaotic Dynamics, Vol. 13 (2008), No. 6. Contains 20 pages and 2 figure
Nanoparticles as a possible moderator for an ultracold neutron source
Ultracold and very cold neutrons (UCN and VCN) interact strongly with
nanoparticles due to the similarity of their wavelengths and nanoparticles
sizes. We analyze the hypothesis that this interaction can provide efficient
cooling of neutrons by ultracold nanoparticles at certain experimental
conditions, thus increasing the density of UCN by many orders of magnitude. The
present analytical and numerical description of the problem is limited to the
model of independent nanoparticles at zero temperature. Constraints of
application of this model are discussed
The motion of the 2D hydrodynamic Chaplygin sleigh in the presence of circulation
We consider the motion of a planar rigid body in a potential flow with
circulation and subject to a certain nonholonomic constraint. This model is
related to the design of underwater vehicles.
The equations of motion admit a reduction to a 2-dimensional nonlinear
system, which is integrated explicitly. We show that the reduced system
comprises both asymptotic and periodic dynamics separated by a critical value
of the energy, and give a complete classification of types of the motion. Then
we describe the whole variety of the trajectories of the body on the plane.Comment: 25 pages, 7 figures. This article uses some introductory material
from arXiv:1109.321
LR and L+R Systems
We consider coupled nonholonomic LR systems on the product of Lie groups. As
examples, we study -dimensional variants of the spherical support system and
the rubber Chaplygin sphere. For a special choice of the inertia operator, it
is proved that the rubber Chaplygin sphere, after reduction and a time
reparametrization becomes an integrable Hamiltonian system on the
--dimensional sphere. Also, we showed that an arbitrary L+R system
introduced by Fedorov can be seen as a reduced system of an appropriate coupled
LR system.Comment: 18 pages, 1 figur
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