Constraints
A nonholonomic constraint has the form given below and is nonintegrable:
-
- is the number of coordinates.
- is the number of constraint equations.
- are coordinates.
- are coefficients.
In order for the above form to be nonholonomic, it is also required that the left hand side neither be a total differential nor be able to be converted into one, perhaps via an integrating factor.
For virtual displacements only, the differential form of the constraint is
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