Abstract This paper is intended to apply a potential method of integration to solving the equations of holonomic and nonholonomic systems. For a holonomic system, the differential equations of motion can be written as a system of differential equations of first order and its fundamental partial differential equation is solved by using the potential method of integration. For a nonholonomic system, the equations of the corresponding holonomic system are solved by using the method and then the restriction of the nonholonomic constraints on the initial conditions of motion is added.
Received: 25 October 2005
Revised: 28 November 2005
Accepted manuscript online:
PACS:
45.05.+x
(General theory of classical mechanics of discrete systems)
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10272021 and 10572021) and the Doctoral Program Foundation of Institutions of Higher Education of China (Grant No 20040007022).
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Wu Hui-Bin (吴惠彬) Potential method of integration for solving the equations of mechanical systems 2006 Chinese Physics 15 899
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