Nonholonomic Mechanics and Control

by Anthony M. Bloch, Jerrold E. Marsden, Peter E. Crouch, et al.

This book explores some of the connections between control theory and geometric mechanics. The author links control theory with a geometric view of classical mechanics in both its Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations, and in particular with the theory of mechanical systems subject to motion constraints. The synthesis of the topic is appropriate as there is a particularly rich connection between mechanics and nonlinear control theory. The book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441930434
• ISBN13: 9781441930439
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"