Relative Equilibria for Two Rigid Bodies Connected by a Ball-in-Socket Joint
Abstract
For simple mechanical systems with symmetry, a variational principle on configuration space determines relative equilibria. Here, this principle of symmetric criticality is applied to a problem of coupled rigid bodies. Numerical optimization by CONSOLE (a package intended originally for optimization based control system design) is shown to be an effective technique to search for some of the relative equilibria.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA454738
Entities
People
- Li-shang Wang
- P.S.Krishnaprasad
Organizations
- University of Maryland