This paper presents the general form of the explicit equations of motion for mechanical systems. The systems may have holonomic and/or nonholonomic constraints, and the constraint forces may or may not satisfy D’Alembert’s principle at each instant of time. The explicit equations lead to new fundamental principles of analytical mechanics.

Issue Section:
Technical Papers
Keywords:
classical mechanics, dynamics, kinematics
Topics:
Equations of motion, D'Alembert's principle
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