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March  2012, 4(1): 49-88. doi: 10.3934/jgm.2012.4.49

Variational reduction of Lagrangian systems with general constraints

Sergio Grillo 1, and  Marcela Zuccalli 2,

1. 

Instituto Balseiro, U.N. de Cuyo - C.N.E.A., San Carlos de Bariloche, R8402AGP, Argentina
2. 

Departamento de Matemtica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, U.N.L.P., La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Received  October 2011 Revised  April 2012 Published  April 2012

In this paper we present an alternative procedure for reducing, in the Lagrangian formalism, the equations of motion of first order constrained mechanical systems with symmetry. The procedure involves two principal connections: one of them is used to define the reduced degrees of freedom and the other one to decompose variations into horizontal and vertical components. On the one hand, we show that this new procedure is particularly useful when the configuration space is a trivial principal bundle over the symmetry group, which is the case of many interesting examples. On the other hand, based on that procedure, we extend in a natural way the variational reduction methods to the Lagrangian systems with higher order constraints. Examples are discussed in order to illustrate the involved theorethical constructions.
Keywords: principal connections., Lagrangian systems, variational reduction.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 37J05, 70H30; Secondary: 70H5.
Citation: Sergio Grillo, Marcela Zuccalli. Variational reduction of Lagrangian systems with general constraints. Journal of Geometric Mechanics, 2012, 4 (1) : 49-88. doi: 10.3934/jgm.2012.4.49
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[1]

R. Abraham and J. E. Marsden, "Foundation of Mechanics,", Benjaming Cummings, (1985).   Google Scholar

[2]

P. Balseiro and J. Solomin, On generalized non-holonomic systems,, Letters of Mathematical Physics, 84 (2008), 15.  doi: 10.1007/s11005-008-0236-9.  Google Scholar

[3]

A. Bloch, P. S. Krishnaprasad, J. E. Marsden and R. M. Murray, Nonholonomic mechanical systems with symmetry,, Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal., 136 (1996), 21.  doi: 10.1007/BF02199365.  Google Scholar

[4]

W. M. Boothby, "An Introduction to Differentiable Manifolds and Riemannian Geometry,", Second edition, 120 (1986).   Google Scholar

[5]

F. Bullo and A. Lewis, "Geometric Control of Mechanical Systems. Modeling, Analysis, and Design for Simple Mechanical Control Systems,", Texts in Applied Mathematics, 49 (2005).   Google Scholar

[6]

F. Cantrijn, M. de León, J. C. Marrero and D. Martín de Diego, Reduction of constrained systems with symmetries,, J. Math. Phys., 40 (1999), 795.  doi: 10.1063/1.532686.  Google Scholar

[7]

H. Cendra, S. Ferraro and S. Grillo, Lagrangian reduction of generalized nonholonomic systems,, Journal of Geometry and Physics, 58 (2008), 1271.   Google Scholar

[8]

H. Cendra and S. Grillo, Generalized nonholonomic mechanics, servomechanisms and related brackets,, J. Math. Phys., 47 (2006).   Google Scholar

[9]

H. Cendra and S. Grillo, Lagrangian systems with higher order constraints,, J. Math. Phys., 48 (2007).   Google Scholar

[10]

H. Cendra, A. Ibort, M. de León and D. de Diego, A generalization of Chetaev's principle for a class of higher order nonholonomic constraints,, J. Math. Phys., 45 (2004), 2785.  doi: 10.1063/1.1763245.  Google Scholar

[11]

H. Cendra, E. A. Lacomba and W. A. Reartes, The Lagrange D'Alembert-Poincaré equations for the symmetric rolling sphere,, Actas del VI Congreso Antonio Monteiro, (2002), 19.   Google Scholar

[12]

H. Cendra, J. E. Marsden, S. Pekarsky and T. S. Ratiu, Variational principles for Lie-Poisson and Hamilton-Poincaré equations,, Moscow Mathematical Journal, 3 (2003), 833.   Google Scholar

[13]

H. Cendra, J. E. Marsden and T. S. Ratiu, Lagrangian reduction by stages,, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 152 (2001).   Google Scholar

[14]

H. Cendra, J. E. Marsden and T. S. Ratiu, Geometric mechanics, Lagrangian reduction, and non-holonomic systems,, in, (2001), 221.   Google Scholar

[15]

N. G. Chetaev, On Gauss principle,, Izv. Fiz-Mat. Obsc. Kazan Univ., 7 (1934), 68.   Google Scholar

[16]

M. Crampin, W. Sarlet and F. Cantrijn, Higher-order differential equations and higher-order Lagrangian mechanics,, Math. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc., 99 (1986), 565.  doi: 10.1017/S0305004100064501.  Google Scholar

[17]

M. de León and P. R. Rodrigues, "Generalized Classical Mechanics and Field Theory. A Geometrical Approach of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formalisms Involving Higher Order Derivatives,", North-Holland Mathematics Studies, 112 (1985).   Google Scholar

[18]

J. Fernandez, C. Tori and M. Zuccalli, Lagrangian reduction of nonholonomic discrete mechanical systems,, J. Geom. Mech., 2 (2010), 69.  doi: 10.3934/jgm.2010.2.69.  Google Scholar

[19]

C. Godbillon, "Géométrie Différentielle et Mécanique Analytique,", Hermann, (1969).   Google Scholar

[20]

J. H. Greidanus, "Besturing en Stabiliteit van het Neuswielonderstel,", Rapport V 1038, (1038).   Google Scholar

[21]

S. Grillo, "Sistemas Noholónomos Generalizados,", (Spanish), (2007).   Google Scholar

[22]

S. Grillo, Higher order constrained Hamiltonian systems,, J. Math. Phys., 50 (2009).   Google Scholar

[23]

S. Grillo, F. Maciel and D. Pérez, Closed-loop and constrained mechanical systems,, International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics, 7 (2010), 1.  doi: 10.1142/S0219887810004580.  Google Scholar

[24]

S. Grillo, J. Marsden and S. Nair, Lyapunov constraints and global asymptotic stabilization,, Journal of Geometric Mechanics, 3 (2011), 145.  doi: 10.3934/jgm.2011.3.145.  Google Scholar

[25]

S. Kobayashi and K. Nomizu, "Foundations of Differential Geometry,", New York, (1963).   Google Scholar

[26]

O. Krupková, Higher-order mechanical systems with constraints,, J. Math. Phys., 41 (2000), 5304.  doi: 10.1063/1.533411.  Google Scholar

[27]

C.-M. Marle, Kinematic and geometric constraints, servomechanism and control of mechanical systems,, Rend. Sem. Mat. Univ. Pol. Torino, 54 (1996), 353.   Google Scholar

[28]

J. E. Marsden and T. S. Ratiu, "Introduction to Mechanics and Symmetry. A Basic Exposition of Classical Mechanical Systems,", Texts in Applied Mathematics, 17 (1994).   Google Scholar

[29]

J. E. Marsden and T. S. Ratiu, "Manifolds, Tensor Analysis and Applications,", New York, (2001).   Google Scholar

[30]

D. Pérez, "Sistemas Dinámicos no Holónomos Generalizados y su Aplicación a la Teoría de Control Automático Mediante Vínculos Cinemáticos,", (Spanish), (2006).   Google Scholar

[31]

D. Pérez, "Sistemas Mecánicos con Vínculos de Orden Superior: Aplicaciones a la Teoría de Control,", (Spanish), (2007).   Google Scholar

[32]

Y. Pironneau, Sur les liaisons non holonomes non linéaires déplacement virtuels à travail nul, conditions de Chetaev,, in, 117 (1983), 671.   Google Scholar

[33]

J. W. S. Rayleigh, "The Theory of Sound,", Dover Publications, (1945).   Google Scholar

[34]

Do Shan, Equations of motion of systems with second-order nonlinear non-holonomic constraints,, Prikl. Mat. Mekh., 37 (1973), 349.   Google Scholar

[35]

W. M. Tulczyjew and P. Urbanski, A slow and careful Legendre transformation for singular Lagrangians,, Acta Physica Polonica B, 30 (1999), 2909.   Google Scholar

[36]

V. Vâlcovici, Une extension des liaisons non holonomes et des principes variationnels,, Ber. Verh. Sächs. Akad. Wiss. Leipzig. Math.-Nat. Kl., 102 (1958).   Google Scholar

[37]

E. T. Whittaker, "A Treatise on the Analytical Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies,", Cambridge University Press, (1937).   Google Scholar

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