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On the mobility and efficiency of mechanical systems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 July 2007
Abstract
It is shown that self-locomotion is possible for a body in Euclidian space, provided its dynamics corresponds to a non-quadratic Hamiltonian, and that the body contains at least 3 particles. The efficiency of the driver of such a system is defined. The existence of an optimal (most efficient) driver is proved.
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- Research Article
- Information
- ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , October 2007 , pp. 657 - 668
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- © EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2007