New developments on the geometric nonholonomic integrator

In this paper, we will discuss new developments regarding the geometric nonholonomic integrator (GNI) (Ferraro et al 2008 Nonlinearity 21 1911-28; Ferraro et al 2009 Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. (Suppl.) 220-9). GNI is a discretization scheme adapted to nonholonomic mechanical systems through a discr...

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Autores: Ferraro, Sebastián José, Jiménez Alburquerque, Fernando, Martin de Diego, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/77966
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/77966
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:37j60
37m15
37n05
65p10
70-08
Affine Constraints Mathematics Subject Classification: 70f25
Discrete Variational Calculus
Geometric Nonholonomic Integrator
Nonholonomic Mechanics
Reduction by Symmetries
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Sumario:In this paper, we will discuss new developments regarding the geometric nonholonomic integrator (GNI) (Ferraro et al 2008 Nonlinearity 21 1911-28; Ferraro et al 2009 Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. (Suppl.) 220-9). GNI is a discretization scheme adapted to nonholonomic mechanical systems through a discrete geometric approach. This method was designed to account for some of the special geometric structures associated to a nonholonomic motion, like preservation of energy, preservation of constraints or the nonholonomic momentum equation. First, we study the GNI versions of the symplectic-Euler methods, paying special attention to their convergence behaviour. Then, we construct an extension of the GNI in the case of affine constraints. Finally, we generalize the proposed method to nonholonomic reduced systems, an important subclass of examples in nonholonomic dynamics. We illustrate the behaviour of the proposed method with the example of the inhomogeneous sphere rolling without slipping on a table.