Theoretical Analysis for a Class of Rheonomous Affine Constraints on Configuration Manifolds—Part I: Fundamental Properties and Integrability/Nonintegrability Conditions

Abstract

We analyze a class of rheonomous affine constraints defined on configuration manifolds from the viewpoint of integrability/nonintegrability. First, we give the definition ofA-rheonomous affine constraints and introduce, geometric representation their. Some fundamental properties of theA-rheonomous affine constrains are also derived. We next define the rheonomous bracket and derive some necessary and sufficient conditions on the respective three cases: complete integrability, partial integrability, and complete nonintegrability for theA-rheonomous affine constrains. Then, we apply the integrability/nonintegrability conditions to some physical examples in order to confirm the effectiveness of our new results.