RM,
kl kl
+=RM 0,
lk lk
, hence +=RR 0
kl lk
, +=MM 0
kl lk
, ≠kl,
=, 1,2,...,kl n
. The particles
i
P and
P are interacting with the forces F
ij
(applied
upon the particle
i
P ) and F
i
(applied upon the particle
P ), respectively, having as
support the straight line
ij
PP and verifying the relation +=FF 0
ij ji
, ≠ij,
=, 1,2,...,ij p; these forces are modelled as bound vectors. Analogously, if the rigid
solid
S
k
acts upon the particle
i
P with a force
ik
Φ (modelled as a bound vector), then
the particle
i
P reacts upon the rigid solid S
k
with a force
ki
Φ (modelled as a sliding
vector), these forces having the same support and verifying the relation
+=0
ik ki
ΦΦ ,
≠ik,
= 1,2,...,ip
,
= 1,2,...,kn
, as free vectors. As in the case of a discrete system
of particles (see Sect. 11.1.1.4 too), applying the principle of action of forces (the
theorem of torsor in case of a rigid solid; see Sect. 14.1.1.7 too), we can write the
equations of motion of the free mechanical system
S in the form (for the sake of
simplicity, it is convenient to denote by “prime” the sums of terms with two indices, if
the case of equal indices is excluded)
==
=+ +
∑∑
rF F
11
''
p
n
ii ij
ik
jk
m
Φ , = 1,2,...,ip,
(17.1.1)
==
′
=+ +
∑∑
HR R
11
''
p
n
k k ki kl
il
Φ
, = 1,2,...,kn,
′′
==
′′
=+×+
∑∑
KM r M
11
''
p
n
i
ki kl
Ok Ok
il
Φ
, = 1,2,...,kn,
(17.1.1')
where
F
i
is the resultant of the given external forces which act upon the particle
i
P ,
′
RM,
k
Ok
is the torsor of the given external forces which act upon the rigid solid
S
k
, while
′
H
k
and
′
′
K
Ok
represent the momentum and the moment of momentum,
respectively, of the rigid solid
S
k
, with respect to the pole
′
O , in the frame of
reference
′
R
. In general, the given forces can depend on the position vectors
′
r
i
,
= 1,2,...ip, on the position vectors
′
r
Ok
and on Euler’s angles
k
ψ ,
k
θ ,
k
ϕ , which
specify the position of a point of the rigid solid
S
k
, = 1,2,...,kn, as well as the
motion of rotation about this one.
The mechanical system
S is considered to be free, so that the +2np vector
equations (17.1.1), (17.1.1') (or, in components, the
()
+32np scalar corresponding
equations) can determine the
()
+32np parameters (co-ordinates and Euler’s angles),
which specify its position. These equations are completed by the initial conditions (at
the moment
=
0
tt), i.e.: the positions and the velocities of the particles, as well as the
positions and the velocities (the parameters which specify them) of the rigid solids
which form the mechanical system
S. In this case too, starting from the Theorem
11.1.1, corresponding to a system of particles, and taking into account the Theorem
14.1.12, corresponding to a rigid solid, we can state a theorem of existence and
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