Non-holonomic Constraints and the Principle of Extremal Curvature
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چکیده
The extended variational principle fails for non-holonomic case. We use a vertical rolling disk as an example to illustrate this failure. We have studied the fundamental dynamical principle from which the motion of a mechanical system, whether holonomic or non-holonomic, can be derived.
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