Dynamics of Non-holonomic Mechanical Systems
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() ()
11 21
sin 0, cos 0xaR xaRθϕ θ θϕ θ
′′
+− = −− =
.
(22.2.73')
These four constraint relations are not independent (the rank of the matrix of the
unknowns
′′
12 1
,,,xxθϕ
and
2
ϕ is not four). From the relations (22.2.73) and (22.2.73')
one obtains the relations
′′
−=−+=+
12 1 2
sin cosx x aR aRθ θ θϕ θϕ
,
(22.2.74)
wherefrom results the holonomic constraint
()
+−=
21
20aRθϕϕ
;
(22.2.74')
indeed, by integration we have
()
+−=
21
22aR akθϕϕ ,
(22.2.75)
so that one can determine the non-dimensional constant
k if the initial values of the
three angles are given.
As well, from each system of relations (22.2.73) and (22.2.73'), respectively, one
obtains the differential consequence
12
cos sin 0xxθθ
′′
+= ;
(22.2.76)
one can thus see that the velocity
′
v
O
has no component along the axle of the carriage
(the
1
Ox -axis), hence being normal to this one, which was to be expected, because the
axle cannot slide along itself (the velocities of the points
1
A and
2
A vanish at any
moment and the bar
12
CC is rigid). From the relations (22.2.74) we get also the
constraint relation
()
′′
−=+
12 12
1
sin cos
2
xx Rθθϕϕ
.
(22.2.76')
One can show that the system (22.2.76), (22.2.76') does not admit any integrable
combinations, so that the two-wheeled carriage is a non-holonomic system with two
degrees of freedom.
If we denote by
′
0
T the kinetic energy of the carriage (the axle and the mechanical
system which lies on it) with respect to the fixed frame or reference, we can write
()
′′′
=++
2222
0
12
1
2
TMxxiθ
,
(22.2.77)
where
i is the gyration radius of the system with respect to the
3
Ox -axis, in the
hypothesis in which its mass centre is at the point
O . In the case in which the mass
centre is at the point
C (
12
sin , cos , xl xl Rθθ
′′
−+), one must use the velocity of