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The dynamics of systems of multiple gravitationally interacting bodies is often studied in a frame attached to one of the objects (e.g. a central star in a planetary system). As this frame is generally non-inertial, indirect forces appear…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-15 Roman R. Rafikov

The aim of this paper is to show that the Lagrange-d'Alembert and its equivalent the Gauss and Appel principle are not the only way to deduce the equations of motion of the nonholonomic systems. Instead of them, here we consider the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-02-25 J. Llibre , R. Ramírez , N. Sadovskaia

In this work, we utilize discrete geometric mechanics to derive a 2nd-order variational integrator so as to simulate rigid body dynamics. The developed integrator is to simulate the motion of a free rigid body and a quad-rotor. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-18 Mahmoud Abdelgalil , Asmaa Eldesoukey , Esraa Elshabrawy , Mostafa Abdalla

A new formulation is presented for a variational calculation of $N$-body systems on a correlated Gaussian basis with arbitrary angular momenta. The rotational motion of the system is described with a single spherical harmonic of the total…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Y. Suzuki , J. Usukura , K. Varga

A nonholonomic system is a mechanical system with velocity constraints not originating from position constraints; rolling without slipping is the typical example. A nonholonomic integrator is a numerical method specifically designed for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-28 Klas Modin , Olivier Verdier

A (globally) neutral two-body system is supposed to obey a pair of coupled Klein-Gordon equations in a constant homogeneous magnetic field. Considering eigenstates of the pseudomomentum four-vector, we reduce these equations to a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Philippe Droz-Vincent

We consider the classical 3-body system with $d$ degrees of freedom $(d>1)$ at zero total angular momentum. The study is restricted to potentials $V$ that depend solely on relative (mutual) distances $r_{ij}=\mid {\bf r}_i - {\bf r}_j\mid$…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 A. M. Escobar-Ruiz , R. Linares , Alexander V Turbiner , Willard Miller

In this paper we consider cases of existence of invariant measure, additional first integrals, and Poisson structure in a problem of rigid body's rolling without sliding on plane and sphere. The problem of rigid body's motion on plane was…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 A. V. Borisov , I. S. Mamaev

We present a novel framework for rigid body dynamics in ambient media, such as air or water, enabling accurate motion prediction of objects without requiring computational fluid dynamics simulations. Our method computes the added mass of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-21 Marcel Padilla , Aviv Segall , Olga Sorkine-Hornung

We derive a collisionless kinetic theory for an ensemble of molecules undergoing nonholonomic rolling dynamics. We demonstrate that the existence of nonholonomic constraints leads to problems in generalizing the standard methods of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-02-26 Darryl D. Holm , Vakhtang Putkaradze , Cesare Tronci

The three-body problem is a fundamental long-standing open problem, with applications in all branches of physics, including astrophysics, nuclear physics and particle physics. In general, conserved quantities allow to reduce the formulation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-28 Barak Kol

This work presents an elegant formalism to model the evolution of the full two rigid body problem. The equations of motion, given in a Cartesian coordinate system, are expressed in terms of spherical harmonics and Wigner D-matrices. The…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Gwenaël Boué

This paper has been inspired by ideas presented by V. V. Kozlov in his works [19, 20]. In this paper our goal is to carry out a thorough analysis of some geometric problems of the dynamics of affinely-rigid bodies. We present two ways to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-07-10 Barbara Gołubowska

We explore a new type of discretizations of lattice dynamical models of the Klein-Gordon type relevant to the existence and long-term mobility of nonlinear waves. The discretization is based on non-holonomic constraints and is shown to…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-03-19 Panayotis Kevrekidis , Vakhtang Putkaradze , Zoi Rapti

Understanding the contact dynamics of nonspherical particles beyond the microscale is crucial for accurately modeling colloidal and granular systems, where shape anisotropy dictates structural organization and transport properties. In this…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-06 Haoyuan Shi , Christopher J. Mundy , Gregory K. Schenter , Jaehun Chun

We provide a fully nonlinear port-Hamiltonian formulation for discrete elastodynamical systems as well as a structure-preserving time discretization. The governing equations are obtained in a variational manner and represent index-1…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Philipp L. Kinon , Tobias Thoma , Peter Betsch , Paul Kotyczka

In this paper the exact analytical solution of the motion of a rigid body with arbitrary mass distribution is derived in the absence of forces or torques. The resulting expressions are cast into a form where the dependence of the motion on…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-07-31 Ramses van Zon , Jeremy Schofield

The classical Lagrange formalism is generalized to the case of arbitrary stationary (but not necessarily conservative) dynamical systems. It is shown that the equations of motion for such systems can be derived in the standard ways from the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-12-26 Alex Ushveridze

The relativistic spinning particle model, proposed in [3,4], is analyzed in a Hamiltonian framework. The spin is simulated by extending the configuration space by introducing a light-like four vector degree of freedom. The model is heavily…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 Sudipta Das , Subir Ghosh

We suggest an alternative mathematical model for the massless neutrino. Consider an elastic continuum in 3-dimensional Euclidean space and assume that points of this continuum can experience no displacements, only rotations. This framework…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-07-20 Olga Chervova , Dmitri Vassiliev