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.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA454738

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  • Li-shang Wang
  • P.S.Krishnaprasad

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  • University of Maryland

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