Document Type
Report
Abstract
An elastic ball is simulated by considering lumped mass molecular sets called particles. Particles are allowed to interact only locally in a fashion similar to that employed in molecular mechanics. Under local and gravity forces an n-body problem results when initial data are prescribed. By scaling the forces, the resulting n-body problem is solved numerically using only a scientific personal computer. A variety of examples of bouncing balls are described and discussed.
Disciplines
Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Publication Date
5-1-1999
Language
English
License
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Recommended Citation
Greenspan, Donald, "Particle Simulation in Contact Mechanics of a Bouncing Elastic Ball" (1999). Mathematics Technical Papers. 222.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/math_technicalpapers/222