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Parameters affecting mechanical collisions

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  • 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 sliding and sticking throughout the contact surface. Detailed analysis of this interaction is quite tedious, but would seem to be necessary for accurately predicting the impulse and velocity changes that occur during contact. However, a considerably-simplified model captures the essential characteristics of the elastic-friction interaction during contact, leading to predictions of impulse and velocity changes that agree well with those of more detailed analyses of a number of different collisions. The model's simplicity enables an examination of parameters that affect a general class of collisions. For planar collisions, the model contains five dimensionless parameters; the effects of four of these on the rebound velocity are examined here. In addition, comparisons are made with a previously-used, somewhat simpler model, which neglects the tangential compliance in the region of contact.
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