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Analysis of friction coupling and the Painlevé paradox in multibody systems

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Multibody models are useful to describe the macroscopic motion of the elements of physical systems. Modeling contact in such systems can be challenging, especially if friction at the contact interface is taken into account. Furthermore, the dynamics equations of multibody systems with contacts and Coulomb friction may become ill-posed due to friction coupling, as in the Painlevé paradox, where a solution for system dynamics may not be found. Here, the dynamics problem is considered following a general approach so that friction phenomena, such as dynamic jamming, can be analyzed. The effect of the contact forces on the velocity field of the system is the cornerstone of the proposed formulation, which is used to analyze friction coupling in multibody systems with a single contact. In addition, we introduce a new representation of the so-called generalized friction cone, a quadratic form defined in the contact velocity space. The geometry of this cone can be used to determine the critical cases where the solvability of the system dynamic equations can be compromised. Moreover, it allows for assessing friction coupling at the contact interface, and obtaining the values of the friction coefficient that can make the dynamics formulation inconsistent. Finally, the classical Painlevé example of a single rod and the multibody model of an articulated arm are used to illustrate how the proposed cone can detect the cases where the dynamic equations have no solution, or multiple solutions.

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  1. Interestingly, the original example used by Painlevé in [2] consists of a cylinder with one of its bases in contact with a slope, which is sliding down the slope with a velocity parallel to the surface. Although the mass distribution of the cylinder is different from the one of a rod, the same conclusions can be drown assuming one single contact point at the edge of the cylinder base.

  2. The original text in French by Painlevé [3] can be translated as [28]: “Two rigid bodies, which under given conditions would not produce any pressure on one another if they were ideally smooth, would likewise not act on one another if they were rough.”

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    Albert Peiret & József Kövecses

  2. Biomechanical Engineering Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av. Diagonal 647, 08028, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

    Josep M. Font-Llagunes

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Peiret, A., Kövecses, J. & Font-Llagunes, J.M. Analysis of friction coupling and the Painlevé paradox in multibody systems. Multibody Syst Dyn 45, 361–378 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-018-09656-y

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