Controlled synchronization of mechanical systems with a unilateral constraint

This paper addresses the controlled synchronization problem of mechanical systems subjected to a geometric unilateral constraint as well as the design of a switching coupling law to obtain synchronization. To define the synchronization problem, we propose a distance function induced by the quotient metric, which is based on an equivalence...

A system theoretical framework to study unilaterally constrained mechanical systems

The aim of this paper is to study, in a system theoretical framework, the contact problem for mechanical systems subject to unilateral constraints. Contrary to what is usually done in studies on this subject, we first investigate what can be deduced already firom the mathematical models of the unconstrained mechanical system and the constraint...