Safe Zones for Shock-Protection of Fragile Components during Impact-Induced Clatter

Clattering motion that occurs when flat objects strike the ground at an oblique angle is studied through a simple, tractable, model of a rigid bar with arbitrary, but symmetric, mass distribution and coefficient of restitution. The maximum velocity changes, or velocity shocks, that occur at various...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Suresh Goyal, James M. Papadopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2002-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2002/862484