Mathematical Problems in Engineering 
Volume 1 (1995), Issue 1, Pages 37-39
doi:10.1155/S1024123X95000056

On existence and uniqueness of the solution of the equation of motion for constrained mechanical systems

Firdaus E. Udwadia,1 Robert E. Kalaba,2 and M. Zuhair Nashed3

 1Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Decision Systems, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-1453, CA, USA
2Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089, CA, USA
3Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark 19716, DE, USA
Received 25 August 1994

Abstract

In this paper we provide sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of the solution of the newly obtained equation of motion for constrained mechanical systems.