The Hertz contact in chain elastic collisions

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1488-1491

  Patricio P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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EID: 10844260702     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1778394     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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