Impact Mechanics
About this book
Emphasising non-penetrating collisions, the second edition of Impact Mechanics develops several different methodologies for analysing collisions between structures - from rigid body theory for structures that are stiff and compact, to vibration and wave analyses for flexible structures. A valuable reference for both professionals and advanced undergraduate and graduate students, the book builds upon foundation courses in dynamics and strength of materials. Worked examples and end-of-chapter homework problems are drawn both from industry and sports such as golf, baseball, soccer and billiards. New chapters present a generalised theory of multi-body impact, as well as analyses of visco-elastic and visco-plastic impact. Effects of local compliance on impact dynamics are more generally described, and additional examples illustrating effects of friction during impact between bodies in either collinear or eccentric configurations are included.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface to Second Edition
- Preface to First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction to Analysis of Low-Speed Impact
- 2 Collinear Rigid Body Impact
- 3 Planar or Two-Dimensional Rigid Body Impact
- 4 Three-Dimensional Impact of Rough Rigid Bodies
- 5 Tangential Compliance in Planar Impact of Rough Bodies
- 6 Continuum Modeling for Local Deformation Near Contact Area
- 7 Wave Propagation from Impact on Slender Deformable Bodies
- 8 Generalized Impact Analysis of Multibody Systems
- 9 Viscoelastic or Viscoplastic Impact
- 10 Impact against Flexible Structures
- 11 Propagating Transformations of State in Self-Organizing Systems
- 12 Impact of Sports Balls
- Appendix A: Role of Impact in Development of Mechanics during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
- Appendix B: Glossary of Terms
- Answers to Some Problems
- Permissions
- References
- Index