In this paper we investigate the dynamics of a system that is a generalization of the Chaplygin sleigh to the case of an inhomogeneous nonholonomic constraint. We perform an explicit integration and a sufficiently complete qualitative analysis of the dynamics.
Keywords:
Chaplygin sleigh, inhomogeneous nonholonomic constraints, conservation laws, qualitative analysis, resonance
Citation:
Borisov A. V., Mamaev I. S., An inhomogeneous Chaplygin sleigh, Rus. J. Nonlin. Dyn.,
2017, Vol. 13, No. 4,
pp. 625–639
DOI:10.20537/nd1704014