Dynamics of holonomically constrained affinely-rigid body. (Q1853821)

The author deals with an affine generalization of a rigid body and investigates its dynamics. The proposed model is a continuous or discrete system of material points, its deformative behaviour is described by a finite number of degrees of freedom, which are governed by the full linear group and its subgroups. The case of Weyl constraint is studied, i.e. it is assumed that the shape of the body is fixed but its size is varying. Also models of degenerate torsional oscillator, Coulomb potential, and mixed ones are discussed.