Symmetry of Lagrangians of Nonholonomic Controllable Mechanical Systems

Symmetry of Lagrangians of nonholonomic controllable mechanical systems is studied. The definition and criterion of the symmetry of the system are presented. Under the condition that there exists a conserved quantity, the form of the conserved quantity is provided. An example is presented to illustrate the application of the results.     

Two New Types of Conserved Quantities Deduced from Noether Symmetry for Nonholonomic Mechanical System

For a nonholonomic mechanical system, the generalized Mei conserved quantity and the new generalized Hojman conserved quantity deduced from Noether symmetry of the system are studied. The criterion equation of the Noether symmetry for the system is got. The conditions under which the Noether symmetry can lead to the two new conserved quantities are presented and the forms of the conserved quantities are obtained. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Unified Symmetry of Nonholonomic Mechanical Systems of Non-Chetaev＇s Type with Unilateral Constraints

The definition and the criterion for a unified symmetry of nonholonomic mechanical systems of non- Chetaev＇s type with unilateral constraints are presented based on the total time derivative along the trajectory of the system. A new conserved quantity, as well as the Noether conserved quantity and the Hojman conserved quantity, deduced froth the unified symmetry, is obtained. An example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Lie-form invariance of non-holonomic systems with unilateral constraints

In this paper the Lie-form invariance of the non-holonomic systems with unilateral constraints is studied. The definition and the criterion of the Lie-form invariance of the system are given. The generalized Hojman conserved quantity and a new type of conserved quantity deduced from the Lie-form invariance are obtained. Finally, an example is presented to illustrate the application of the results.     

Unified symmetry of nonholonomic mechanical systems with variable mass

Based on the total time derivative along the trajectory of the system the definition and the criterion for a unified symmetry of nonholonomic mechanical system with variable mass are presented in this paper. A new conserved quantity, as well as the Noether conserved quantity and the Hojman conserved quantity, deduced from the unified symmetry, are also obtained. An example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Generalized Mei Conserved Quantity of Mei Symmetry for Mechanico-electrical Systems with Nonholonomic Controllable Constraints

On the basis of the total time derivative along the trajectory, we study the generalized Mei conserved quantity of Mei symmetry for mechanico-electrieal systems with nonholonomic controllable constraints. Firstly, the definition and criterion of Mei symmetry for mechanico-electrical systems with nonholonomie controllable constraints are presented. Secondly, a coordination function is introduced, and the conditions of existence of generalized Mei conserved quantity as well as the forms are proposed. Lastly, an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Lie-form invariance of nonholonomic mechanical systems

The Lie-form invariance of a nonholonomic mechanical system is studied. The definition and criterion of the Lie-form invariance of the nonholonomic mechanical system are given. The Hojman conserved quantity and a new type of conserved quantity are obtained from the Lie-form invariance. An example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Weak Noether Symmetry and non-Noether Conserved Quantities for General Holonomic Systems

A new kind of weak Noether symmetry for a general holonomic system is defined in such a way that the methods to construct Hojman conserved quantity and new-type conserved quantity are given. It turns out that we introduce a new approach to look for the conserved laws. Two examples are presented.     

A unified symmetry of nonholonomic mechanical systems in phase space

In this paper, we have studied the unified symmetry of a nonholonomic mechanical system in phase space. The definition and the criterion of a unified symmetry of the nonholonomic mechanical system in phase space are given under general infinitesimal transformations of groups in which time is variable. The Noether conserved quantity, the generalized Hojman conserved quantity and the Mei conserved quantity are obtained from the unified symmetry. An example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Unified Symmetry of Nonholonomic Mechanical Systems with Non-Chetaev＇s Type Constraints

Based on the total time derivative along the trajectory of the system, the unified symmetry of nonholonomic mechanical system with non-Chetaev＇s type constraints is studied. The definition and criterion of the unified symmetry of nonholonomic mechanical systems with non-Ohetaev＇s type constraints are given. A new conserved quantity, as well as the Noether conserved quantity and the Hojman conserved quantity, deduced from the unified symmetry, is obtained. Two examples are given to illustrate the application of the results.     

A New Conserved Quantity Corresponding to Mei Symmetry of Tzenoff Equations for Nonholonomic Systems

A new conserved quantity is investigated by utilizing the definition and discriminant equation of Mei symmetry of Tzénoff equations for nonholonomic systems. In addition, the expression of this conserved quantity, and the determining condition induced new conserved quantity are also presented.     

Lie Symmetries and Non-Noether Conserved Quantities of Nonholonomic Systems

A new conservation theorem of the nonholonomic systems is studied. The conserved quantity is only constructed in terms of a general Lie group of transformation vector of the dynamical equations. Firstly, we establish the dynamical equations of thc nonholonomic systcms and the determining equations of Lie symmetry. Next, the theorem of non-Noether conserved quantity is deduced. Finally, we give an example to illustrate the application of the result.     

Special Lie Symmetry and Hojman Conserved Quantity of Appell Equations for a Holonomic System

Special Lie symmetry and Hojman conserved quantity of Appell equations for a holonomic system are studied. Appell equations and differential equations of motion for holonomic mechanic systems are established. Under special Lie infinitesimal transformations in which the time is invariable, the determining equation of the special Lie symmetry and the expressions of Hojman conserved quantity for Appell equations of holonomic systems are presented. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

A New Type of Conserved Quantity of Mei Symmetry for Holonomic Mechanical System

A new type of conserved quantity which is directly induced by the Mei symmetry of the holonomic system is studied. Firstly, the definition and criterion of the Mei symmetry for a holonomic mechanical system is given. Secondly, the condition of existence of the new conserved quantity as well as its form is obtained. Lastly, an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Hojman conserved quantity deduced by weak Noether symmetry for Lagrange systems

This paper studies the Hojman conserved quantity, a non-Noether conserved quantity, deduced by special weak Noether symmetry for Lagrange systems. Under special infinitesimal transformations in which the time is not variable, its criterion is given and a method of how to seek the Hojman conserved quantity is presented. A Hojman conserved quantity can be found by using the special weak Noether symmetry.     

Unified symmetry of the nonholonomic system of non-Chetaev type with unilateral constraints in event space

This paper studies the unified symmetry of a nonholonomic system of non-Chetaev type with unilateral constraints in event space under infinitesimal transformations of group. Firstly, it gives the differential equations of motion of the system. Secondly, it obtains the definition and the criterion of the unified symmetry for the system. Thirdly, a new conserved quantity, besides the Noether conserved quantity and the Hojman conserved quantity, is deduced from the unified symmetry of a nonholonomic system of non-Chetaev type with unilateral constraints. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Lie Symmetry and Generalized Mei Conserved Quantity for Nonconservative Dynamical System

Based on the total time derivative along the trajectory of the system, for noneonservative dynamical system, the generalized Mei conserved quantity indirectly deduced from the Lie symmetry of the system is studied. Firstly, the Lie symmetry of the system is given. Then, the necessary and sumeient condition under which the Lie symmetry is a Mei symmetry is presented and the generalized Mei conserved quantity indirectly deduced from the Lie symmetry of the system is obtained. Lastly, an example is given to illustrate the application of the result.     

Unified Symmetry of Nonholonomic Mechanical Systems of Non-Chetaev‘s Type with Unilateral Constraints

The definition and the criterion for a unified symmetry of nonholonomic mechanical systems of nonChetaev‘s type with unilateral constraints are presented based on the total time derivative along the trajectory of the system. A new conserved quantity, as well as the Noether conserved quantity and the Hojman conserved quantity,jeduced from the unified symmetry, is obtained. An example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Noether symmetry and non-Noether conserved quantity of the relativistic holonomic nonconservative systems in general Lie transformations

For a relativistic holonomic nonconservative system, by using the Noether symmetry, a new non-Noether conserved quantity is given under general infinitesimal transformations of groups. On the basis of the theory of invariance of differential equations of motion under general infinitesimal transformations, we construct the relativistic Noether symmetry, Lie symmetry and the condition under which the Noether symmetry is a Lie symmetry under general infinitesimal transformations. By using the Noether symmetry, a new relativistic non-Noether conserved quantity is given which only depends on the variables $t$, $q_s $ and $\dot {q}_s $. An example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Noether symmetry and Lie symmetry of discrete holonomic systems with dependent coordinates

The Noether symmetry, the Lie symmetry and the conserved quantity of discrete holonomic systems with dependent coordinates are investigated in this paper. The Noether symmetry provides a discrete Noether identity and a conserved quantity of the system. The invariance of discrete motion equations under infinitesimal transformation groups is defined as the Lie symmetry, and the condition of obtaining the Noether conserved quantity from the Lie symmetry is also presented. An example is discussed to show the applications of the results.