Special Lie symmetry and Hojman conserved quantity of Appell equations for a Chetaev nonholonomic system

A special Lie symmetry and Hojman conserved quantity of the Appell equations for a Chetaev nonholonomic system are studied. The differential equations of motion and Appell equations of the Chetaev nonholonomic system are established. Under the special Lie symmetry group transformations in which the time is invariable, the determining equation of the special Lie symmetry of the Appell equations for a Chetaev nonholonomic system is given, and the expression of the Hojman conserved quantity is deduced directly from the Lie symmetry. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Special Mei symmetry and approximate conserved quantity of Appell equations for a weakly nonholonomic system

The weakly nonholonomic system is a nonholonomic system whose constraint equations contain a small parameter. The special Mei symmetry and approximate conserved quantity of Appell equations for a weakly nonholonomic system are studied. Appell equations for a weakly nonholonomic system are established and the definition and the criterion of the special Mei symmetry of the system are given. The structure equation of the special Mei symmetry for a weakly nonholonomic system and approximate conserved quantity deduced from the special Mei symmetry of the system are obtained. Finally, special approximate conserved quantity issues of Appell equations for a two freedom degrees weakly nonholonomic system are investigated using the results of this paper.     

Form invariance and conserved quantity for weakly nonholonomic system

The form invariance and the conserved quantity for a weakly nonholonomic system （WNS） are studied. The WNS is a nonholonomic system （NS） whose constraint equations contain a small parameter. The differential equations of motion of the system are established. The definition and the criterion of form invariance of the system are given. The conserved quantity deduced from the form invariance is obtained. Finally, an illustrative example is shown.     

Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of second-order nonholonomic mechanical system

The Lie symmetries and the conserved quantities of the second-order nonholonomic mechanical system are studied. Firstly, by using the invariance of the differential equation of motion under the infinitesimal transformations, the determining equations and the restriction equations of the Lie symmetries of the system are established, and the structure equation and the conservative quantities of the Lie symmetries are obtained. Secondly , the inverse problems of the Lie symmetries are studied . Finally , an example is given to illustrate the application of the result.     

Form invariance and Lie symmetry of variable mass nonholonomic mechanical system

IntroductionThereisacloserelationbetweenthesymmetryandtheconservedquantityinamechanicalsystem .ModernmethodstofindconservedquantityofamechanicalsystemaremainlyNoethersymmetrymethod[1]andLiesymmetrymethod[2 ].NoethersymmetryisaninvarianceoftheHamiltonactionundertheinfinitesimaltransformations.Liesymmetryisaninvarianceofthedifferentialequationsundertheinfinitesimaltransformations.Inthepasttenyears,aseriesofimportresultshavebeenobtainedonthestudyoftheNoethersymmetryandLiesymmetry[3～12 ].Thefo…     

Algebraic structure and Poisson method for a weakly nonholonomic system

The algebraic structure and the Poisson method for a weakly nonholonomic system are studied. The differential equations of motion of the system can be written in a contravariant algebra form and its algebraic structure is discussed. The Poisson theory for the systems which possess Lie algebra structure is generalized to the weakly nonholonomic system. An example is given to illustrate the application of the result.     

THE LIE SYMMETRIES AND CONSERVED QUANTITIES OF VARIABLE-MASS NONHOLONOMIC SYSTEM OF NON-CHETAEV''''S TYPE IN PHASE SPACE

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Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of nonconservative nonholonomic systems in phase space

The invariance and conserved quantities of the nonconservative nonholonomic systems are studied by introducing the infinitesimal transformations in phase space.The Lie’s symmetrical determining equations are establish ed.The Lie’s symmetrical structure equation is obtained.An example to illustrate the application of the result is given.     

A new Lie symmetrical method of finding conserved quantity for Birkhoffian systems

For a Birkhoffian system, a new Lie symmetrical method to find a conserved quantity is given. Based on the invariance of the equations of motion for the system under a general infinitesimal transformation of Lie groups, the Lie symmetrical determining equations are obtained. Then, several important relationships which reveal the interior properties of the Birkhoffian system are given. By using these relationships, a new Lie symmetrical conservation law for the Birkhoffian system is presented. The new conserved quantity is constructed in terms of infinitesimal generators of the Lie symmetry and the system itself without solving the structural equation which may be very difficult to solve. Furthermore, several deductions are given in the special infinitesimal transformations and the results are reduced to a Hamiltonian system. Finally, one example is given to illustrate the method and results of the application.     

The equations of motion for a nonholonomic system under the action of impulsive forces

The equations of impact for a nonholonomic system described with generalized coordinated have been discussed in detail in the general references of classical dynamics. But these equations contain undetermined multipliers which made the problem complicated. Through the appropriate treatment of mathematics, using the -function and expression of matrix in this paper, the author derived equations of impact for a nonholonomic system without undetermined multipliers. Therefore, the problem can be solved more simply.     

Perturbation to symmetry and adiabatic invariants of discrete nonholonomic nonconservative mechanical system

Perturbation to Noether symmetries and adiabatic invariants of discrete nonholonomic nonconservative mechanical systems on an uniform lattice are investigated. Firstly, we review Noether symmetry and conservation laws of a nonholonomic nonconservative system. Secondly, we study continuous Noether symmetry of a discrete nonholonomic system, give the Noether symmetry criterion and theorem of discrete corresponding holonomic system and nonholonomic system. Thirdly, we study perturbation to Noether symmetry of the discrete nonholonomic nonconservative system, give the criterion of perturbation to Noether symmetry for this system, and based on the definition of adiabatic invariants, we construct the theorem under which can lead to Noether adiabatic invariants for this system, and the forms of discrete Noether adiabatic invariants are given. Finally, we give an example to illustrate our results.     

The solution of Navier equations of classical elasticity using Lie symmetry groups

The analytical solutions of axially-symmetric Navier equations in classical elasticity are found by applying Lie group theory. We investigate two different systems of partial differential equations corresponding elastostatics and elastodynamics problems, and find similarity solutions of both cases by solving the reduced system of ordinary differential equations which have fewer independent variables. As an example of the elastostatics case, the displacements and stress components are obtained for porous, polymeric foam material by using similarity solutions.     

Critical blowup and global existence numbers for a weakly coupled system of reaction-diffusion equations

Let D ⊂ R ^N be either all of R ⁿ or else a cone in R ^N whose vertex we may take to be at the origin, without loss of generality. Let p _i, q_j, i = 1, 2, be nonnegative with 0<p ₁+q ₁≦p ₂+q ₂. We consider the long-time behavior of nonnegative solutions of the system

Appell equations in terms of quasi-velocities and quasi-accelerations

The new forms of Appell equations in terms of quasi-velocities and quasi-accelerations for 1st order and 2nd order non-holonomic systems are presented. And the results obtained are extended to variable mass systems. Finally an example is given.     

Lie symmetries,symmetrical perturbation and a new adiabatic invariant for disturbed nonholonomic systems

For a nonlinear nonholonomic constrained mechanical system with the action of small forces of perturbation, Lie symmetries, symmetrical perturbation, and a new type of non-Noether adiabatic invariants are presented in general infinitesimal transformation of Lie groups. Based on the invariance of the equations of motion for the system under general infinitesimal transformation of Lie groups, the Lie symmetrical determining equations, constraints restriction equations, additional restriction equations, and exact invariants of the system are given. Then, under the action of small forces of perturbation, the determining equations, constraints restriction equations, and additional restriction equations of the Lie symmetrical perturbation are obtained, and adiabatic invariants of the Lie symmetrical perturbation, the weakly Lie symmetrical perturbation, and the strongly Lie symmetrical perturbation for the disturbed nonholonomic system are obtained, respectively. Furthermore, a set of non-Noether exact invariants and adiabatic invariants are given in the special infinitesimal transformations. Finally, one example is given to illustrate the application of the method and results.     

On the Noether symmetry and Lie symmetry of mechanical systems

The Noether symmetry is an invariance of Hamilton action under infinitesimal transformations of time and the coordinates. The Lie symmetry is an invariance of the differential equations of motion under the transformations. In this paper, the relation between these two symmetries is proved definitely and firstly for mechanical systems. The results indicate that all the Noether symmetries are Lie symmetries for Lagrangian systems meanwhile a Noether symmetry is a Lie symmetry for the general holonomic or nonholonomic systems provided that some conditions hold. The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (19972010)