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  • Rebound predictions for elastic collisions

    Creator:
    Liu, Pao-pao
    Abstract:
    In this paper, a numerical method is used to predict the response of an elastic body during a collision in which both normal and tangential impulses are important. Results are compared with those from simplified prediction procedures, which stem from the assumptions that the energy-returning capacity of the normal deformation...
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    approved: Charles E. Smith In this paper, a numerical method is used to predict the response of an

  • Parameters affecting mechanical collisions

    Creator:
    Aum, Ho Sung
    Abstract:
    Even though the elastic deformations that occur during the impact of colliding bodies may be small in comparison to their actual dimensions, they play an important role in mechanical collisions. During the time the bodies are in contact, elastic, friction, and inertia properties combine to produce a complex variation of...
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    Dissertation
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    presented on May 13, 1992. Title: Parameters Affecting Mechanical Collisions Abstract approved: Charles E

  • Rebound predictions of mechanical collisions

    Creator:
    Lai, Liang-Ju
    Abstract:
    Predictions of mechanical collisions between two bodies frequently cannot be completed by the impulse-momentum equation together with a complete description of the motion of the system at the initial contact. Additional account must be taken of the deformations and frictional interaction induced by the impulsive reaction force, where the bodies...
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    Dissertation
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    : Charles E. Smith Predictions of mechanical collisions between two bodies frequently cannot be