Formulation and performance of variational integrators for rotating bodies

Romero Olleros, Ignacio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0364-6969 (2008). Formulation and performance of variational integrators for rotating bodies. "Computational Mechanics", v. 42 (n. 6); pp. 825-836. ISSN 0178-7675. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-008-0286-y.

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Título: Formulation and performance of variational integrators for rotating bodies
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Tipo de Documento: Artículo
Título de Revista/Publicación: Computational Mechanics
Fecha: Noviembre 2008
ISSN: 0178-7675
Volumen: 42
Número: 6
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Palabras Clave Informales: Time integration, rigid body, rotations, variational method, geometric integration
Escuela: E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM)
Departamento: Mecánica Estructural y Construcciones Industriales [hasta 2014]
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Resumen

Variational integrators are obtained for two mechanical systems whose configuration spaces are, respectively, the rotation group and the unit sphere. In the first case, an integration algorithm is presented for Euler’s equations of the free rigid body, following the ideas of Marsden et al. (Nonlinearity 12:1647–1662, 1999). In the second example, a variational time integrator is formulated for the rigid dumbbell. Both methods are formulated directly on their nonlinear configuration spaces, without using Lagrange multipliers. They are one-step, second order methods which show exact conservation of a discrete angular momentum which is identified in each case. Numerical examples illustrate their properties and compare them with existing integrators of the literature.

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Identificador DOI: 10.1007/s00466-008-0286-y
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