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Main Author: Pasquero, Stefano
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10432
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contents In the context of geometric Impulsive Mechanics of systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom, we model the roughness of a unilateral constraint ${\mathcal S\/}$ by introducing a suitable instantaneous kinetic constraint ${\mathcal B\/}\subset {\mathcal S\/}$. A constitutive characterization of ${\mathcal B\/}$ based only on the geometric properties of the setup and on the dry friction laws can then be introduced to model the frictional behavior of ${\mathcal S\/}$ in an impact of the system. Such a model restores determinism and avoids the analysis of frictional forces in the contact point, with all its associated theoretical problems of causality. Three examples of increasing complexity, showing a natural stick--slip behavior of the impact, are presented.
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spellingShingle Geometric characterization of frictional impacts by means of breakable kinetic constraints
Pasquero, Stefano
Mathematical Physics
In the context of geometric Impulsive Mechanics of systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom, we model the roughness of a unilateral constraint ${\mathcal S\/}$ by introducing a suitable instantaneous kinetic constraint ${\mathcal B\/}\subset {\mathcal S\/}$. A constitutive characterization of ${\mathcal B\/}$ based only on the geometric properties of the setup and on the dry friction laws can then be introduced to model the frictional behavior of ${\mathcal S\/}$ in an impact of the system. Such a model restores determinism and avoids the analysis of frictional forces in the contact point, with all its associated theoretical problems of causality. Three examples of increasing complexity, showing a natural stick--slip behavior of the impact, are presented.
title Geometric characterization of frictional impacts by means of breakable kinetic constraints
topic Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.10432