A woodpecker hammer

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 221, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1141-1147

  Vincent, J F V ^a   Sahinkaya, M N ^a   O'Shea, W ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact dynamics; Lagrangian dynamics; Low inertia hammer; Simulation; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICS;

CONTACT DYNAMICS; LAGRANGIAN DYNAMICS; LOW-INERTIA HAMMER;

HAMMERS;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; HAMMERS;

EID: 35748975960     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544062JMES574     Document Type: Article

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