Solving frictionless rocking block problem with multiple impacts

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 465, Issue 2111, 2009, Pages 3323-3339

  Yilmaz, Cuneyt ^a   Gharib, Mohamed ^a   Hurmuzlu, Yildirim ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse correlation ratio; Multiple impacts; Rocking block

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION RATIO; ENERGETIC COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MOMENTUM METHOD; MULTIPLE IMPACT; ROCKING BLOCK;

EID: 73149117751     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0273     Document Type: Article

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