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Record Nr.

UNISA996466619503316

Autore

Cortés Monforte Jorge

Titolo

Geometric, Control and Numerical Aspects of Nonholonomic Systems [[electronic resource] /] / by Jorge Cortés Monforte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2002

ISBN

3-540-45730-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2002.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 224 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, , 0075-8434 ; ; 1793

Disciplina

514.74

Soggetti

Dynamics

Ergodic theory

Mechanics

Mechanics, Applied

System theory

Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Systems Theory, Control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic geometric tools -- 3. Nonholonomic systems -- 4. Symmetries of nonholonomic systems -- 5. Chaplygin systems -- 6. A class of hybrid nonholonomic systems -- 7. Nonholonomic integrators -- 8. Control of mechanical systems -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Nonholonomic systems are a widespread topic in several scientific and commercial domains, including robotics, locomotion and space exploration. This work sheds new light on this interdisciplinary character through the investigation of a variety of aspects coming from several disciplines. The main aim is to illustrate the idea that a better understanding of the geometric structures of mechanical systems unveils new and unknown aspects to them, and helps both analysis and design to solve standing problems and identify new challenges. In this way, separate areas of research such as Classical Mechanics, Differential Geometry, Numerical Analysis or Control Theory are



brought together in this study of nonholonomic systems.