Sympy physics mechanics: Speed constraints / implied forces

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Peter Stahlecker

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Jan 22, 2022, 7:40:53 PM1/22/22
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I was playing around with a simple 2D  pedulum consisting of 4 bodies.
I included one non-holonomic constraint on one of the rotational speeds.
I also wanted to calculate the forces acting on the support of the pendulum, using 
KM.auxiliary_eqs.
Now the ‚virtual speeds‘ needed to calculate the forces appeared in forces, calculated as usual forces = KM.forcing_full. Also their time derivatives appeared
When I removed the speed constraint, the virtual forces and their time derivatives disappeared.

As the support by definition does not move, I simply set these virtual speed equal to zero.
Is this correct, or how can I handle this situation properly?

Thanks for any help!!



  
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