Research Article

Theoretical Analysis for a Class of Rheonomous Affine Constraints on Configuration Manifolds—Part I: Fundamental Properties and Integrability/Nonintegrability Conditions

Figure 1

Examples of systems subject to affine constraints.
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(a) Space Robot with Initial Angular Momentum
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(b) Boat on Running River
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(c) Ball on Rotating Table
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(d) Coin on Rotating Table