The fragmentation of a line of balls by an impact

DOI10.1098/rspa.1999.0447zbMath0956.74035WikidataQ57449710 ScholiaQ57449710MaRDI QIDQ4719966

E. J. Hinch, S. Saint-Jean

Publication date: 12 March 2001

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1999.0447

zbMATH Keywords

impact; fragmentation; contact force; Newton's cradle; rebound; impulse wave; nonlinear Hertz law

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74M20: Impact in solid mechanics

70F35: Collision of rigid or pseudo-rigid bodies

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