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The Serret-Andoyer transformation is a classical method for reducing the free rigid body dynamics, expressed in Eulerian coordinates, to a 2-dimensional Hamiltonian flow. First, we show that this transformation is the computation, in 3-1-3 Eulerian coordinates, of the symplectic (Marsden-Weinstein) reduction associated with the lifted left-action of SO(3) on T*SO(3)—a generalization and extension of Noether's theorem for Hamiltonian systems with symmetry. In fact, we go on to generalize the Serret-Andoyer transformation to the case of Hamiltonian systems on T*SO(3) with left-invariant, hyperregular Hamiltonian functions. Interpretations of the Serret-Andoyer variables, both as Eulerian coordinates and as canonical coordinates of the co-adjoint orbit, are given. Next, we apply the result obtained to the controlled rigid body with momentum wheels. For the class of Hamiltonian controls that preserve the symmetry on T*SO(3), the closed-loop motion of the main body can again be reduced to canonical form. This simplifies the stability proof for relative equilibria , which then amounts to verifying the classical Lagrange-Dirichlet criterion. Additionally, issues regarding numerical integration of closed-loop dynamics are also discussed. Part of this work has been presented in LumBloch:97a.
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Lum, KY., Bloch, A.M. Generalized Serret-Andoyer Transformation and Applications for the Controlled Rigid Body. Dynamics and Control 9, 39–66 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008342708491
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