316 Equations of motion: integral approach
(n − m) qs are termed independent. Equation (5.196) can be solved for the dependent
˙
q
D
s
in terms of the independent
˙
q
I
s. We obtain m nonholonomic constraint equations written
in the form
˙
q
D
=
n−m
I =1
B
DI
(q, t)
˙
q
I
+ B
Dt
(q, t)(D = n − m + 1,...,n) (5.197)
or, more briefly,
˙
q
D
= φ
D
(q,
˙
q
I
, t)(D = n − m + 1,...,n) (5.198)
Suslov’s principle
Let us begin with the general nonholonomic form of Hamilton’s principle, namely,
t
2
t
1
(δT + δW )dt = 0 (5.199)
where each varied path satisfies the virtual constraints, and the δqs are equal to zero at the
end-points in extended q-space (Fig. 5.1).
Now introduce the constrained kinetic energy T
0
(q,
˙
q
I
, t) which is obtained from the
unconstrained kinetic energy T (q,
˙
q, t) by substituting for the
˙
q
D
s using the constraint equa-
tions (5.197). For any realizable motion, the energies T
0
and T are equal. Their variations
δT
0
and δT are not equal, however. To see how this comes about, consider
δT =
n
i=1
∂T
∂q
i
δq
i
+
n
i=1
∂T
∂
˙
q
i
δ
˙
q
i
(5.200)
For a given varied path, we can take
d
dt
(δq
i
) −δ
˙
q
i
= 0(i = 1,...,n) (5.201)
and therefore we obtain that, in (5.199),
δT =
n
i=1
∂T
∂q
i
δq
i
+
n
i=1
∂T
∂
˙
q
i
d
dt
(δq
i
) (5.202)
For the constrained system, however, we know that at least m of the transpositional expres-
sions of (5.201) must be nonzero. Let us assume that
d
dt
(δq
I
) −δ
˙
q
I
= 0(I = 1,...,n − m) (5.203)
d
dt
(δq
D
) −δ
˙
q
D
= 0(D = n − m + 1,...,n) (5.204)
where
δ
˙
q
D
= δφ
D
=
n
i=1
∂φ
D
∂q
i
δq
i
+
n−m
I =1
∂φ
D
∂
˙
q
I
δ
˙
q
I
(5.205)