Solving Nonholonomic Systems with the Tau Method

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

Gavina, A (Author) Other; Matos, JMA (Author) Other; vasconcelos, pb (Author) FEP

Journal

Title: Mathematical and Computational Applications

Vol. 24

Final page: 91

ISSN: 1300-686X

Publisher: Celal Bayar Universitesi

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00R-6K4

DOI: 10.3390/mca24040091

Abstract (EN): A numerical procedure based on the spectral Tau method to solve nonholonomic systems is provided. Nonholonomic systems are characterized as systems with constraints imposed on the motion. The dynamics is described by a system of differential equations involving control functions and several problems that arise from nonholonomic systems can be formulated as optimal control problems. Applying the Pontryagins maximum principle, the necessary optimality conditions along with the transversality condition, a boundary value problem is obtained. Finally, a numerical approach to tackle the boundary value problem is required. Here we propose the Lanczos spectral Tau method to obtain an approximate solution of these problems exploiting the Tau toolbox software library, which allows for ease of use as well as accurate results.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10