Any number of possibilities exist for the choice of generalized coordinates to be used for a given problem. As mentioned earlier in the lecture, we need to guarantee that the choice of coordinates ...

In the preceding section, we outlined a method for obtaining the acceleration vector. As pointed out earlier, the acceleration vector is a vector function of the system generalized coordinates, ...

Recall that you must choose a set of independent coordinates PRIOR to using Lagrange's equations. One way to verify that your choice of generalized coordinates are independent is to: hold all but one ...

In this section, we develop expressions for the generalized forces associated with the generalized coordinates of the deformable body i in the multibody system. We consider the elastic forces arising ...