The dual Euler basis: Constraints, potentials, and lagrange's equations in rigid-body dynamics

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-258

  O'Reilly, Oliver M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT MOMENTS; EULER ANGLES; LAGRANGE'S EQUATIONS OF MOTION; RIGID BODY DYNAMICS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EULER EQUATIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

RIGIDITY;

EID: 34248166656     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2190231     Document Type: Article

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