Non-constant rank constraints

Jorge Cortés, Manuel de León, David Martín de Diego, Sonia Martínez
Proceedings of the VII Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, Medina del Campo, Spain, 1999,
Publications of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society 2 (2001) 41-54

Abstract:

We study mechanical systems subject to constraint functions that can be dependent at some points and independent at the rest. Such systems are modelized by means of generalized codistributions. We discuss how the constraint force can transmit an impulse to the motion at some points and derive an explicit formula to obtain the "post-impact" momentum in terms of the "pre-impact" momentum.

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Bib-tex entry:

@InProceedings{JC-MdL-DMD-SM:99,
author = {J. Cort\'es and M. de Le\'on and D. Mart{\'\i}n de Diego and S. Mart{\'\i}nez},
title = {Non-constant rank constraints},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the VII Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics},
publisher = {Publications of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society},
pages = {41-54},
year = {1999},
address = {Medina del Campo, Spain},
month = {September}
}