On the Inconsistency of Rigid-Body Frictional Planar Mechanics - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

On the Inconsistency of Rigid-Body Frictional Planar Mechanics

Matthew T. Mason and Yu Wang
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp. 524 - 528, April, 1988

Abstract

The problem of a thin rigid rod sliding on a horizontal surface in the plane is considered. This problem is commonly cited as an example of the inconsistency of planar rigid-body Newtonian mechanics. The existence of a consistent solution, using Routh's analysis of rigid-body impact is demonstrated.

BibTeX

@conference{Mason-1988-15386,
author = {Matthew T. Mason and Yu Wang},
title = {On the Inconsistency of Rigid-Body Frictional Planar Mechanics},
booktitle = {Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation},
year = {1988},
month = {April},
volume = {1},
pages = {524 - 528},
}