Affine Connection Approach to the Realization of Nonholonomic Constraints by Strong Friction Forces

Fuente: arXiv
Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Gzenda, Vaughn, Chhabra, Robin
Format: Preprint
Publié: 2024
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
_version_ 1866929445083807744
author Gzenda, Vaughn
Chhabra, Robin
author_facet Gzenda, Vaughn
Chhabra, Robin
contents In this paper, we study an affine connection approach to realizing nonholonomic mechanical systems mediated by viscous friction forces with large coefficients, viewed as a singular perturbation of the nonholonomic system. We show that the associated slow manifold is represented coordinate-free as the image of a section over the nonholonomic distribution. We propose a novel invariance condition based on covariant derivatives and prove that this condition is equivalent to the classical invariance condition based on time derivatives. Accordingly, we propose a novel recursive procedure to approximate the slow manifold based on the covariant derivatives of a formal power series expansion of the section. Using this recurrence relation, we derive, up to second order, approximations of the slip velocities residing in the slow manifold, as well as the associated approximated dynamics up to first order. Lastly, we illustrate our approach with a case study of a vertical rolling disk.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2408_00095
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Affine Connection Approach to the Realization of Nonholonomic Constraints by Strong Friction Forces
Gzenda, Vaughn
Chhabra, Robin
Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
Dynamical Systems
In this paper, we study an affine connection approach to realizing nonholonomic mechanical systems mediated by viscous friction forces with large coefficients, viewed as a singular perturbation of the nonholonomic system. We show that the associated slow manifold is represented coordinate-free as the image of a section over the nonholonomic distribution. We propose a novel invariance condition based on covariant derivatives and prove that this condition is equivalent to the classical invariance condition based on time derivatives. Accordingly, we propose a novel recursive procedure to approximate the slow manifold based on the covariant derivatives of a formal power series expansion of the section. Using this recurrence relation, we derive, up to second order, approximations of the slip velocities residing in the slow manifold, as well as the associated approximated dynamics up to first order. Lastly, we illustrate our approach with a case study of a vertical rolling disk.
title Affine Connection Approach to the Realization of Nonholonomic Constraints by Strong Friction Forces
topic Mathematical Physics
Differential Geometry
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00095