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On the Rocking Behavior of Rigid Objects

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A novel formulation for the rocking motion of a rigid block on a rigid foundation is presented in this work. The traditional piecewise equations are replaced by a single ordinary differential equation. In addition, dam** effects are no longer introduced by means of a coefficient of restitution but understood as the presence of impulsive forces. The agreement with the classical formalism is very good for both free rocking regime and harmonic forcing excitation.

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RM:

Rocking Motion

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    Francisco Prieto & Paulo B. Lourenço

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Prieto, F., Lourenço, P.B. On the Rocking Behavior of Rigid Objects. Meccanica 40, 121–133 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-005-5875-7

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