Theory of the inelastic impact of elastic materials
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
We have reviewed recent developments of the theory of the impact for macroscopic elastic materials. This review includes (i) standard theories for the normal impact and the oblique impact, (ii) some typical approaches to simulate impact problems, (iii) and an example of our simulation to clarify the mechanism of anomalous restitution coefficient in an oblique impact in which the restitution coefficient exceeds unity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0312005,
title = {Theory of the inelastic impact of elastic materials},
author = {Hisao Hayakawa and Hiroto Kuninaka},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0312005},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
23 pages, 8 figures, to be published on nonequilibrium statistical physics in 'Phase Transitions'. Phase Transitions, to be published