Open AccessDynamical behavior of a completely inelastic ball bouncing on a vibrating plate
Author(s) -
Jiang Ze-Hui,
Zheng Rui-Hua,
Zhao Hai-Fa,
Jing Wu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.56.3727
Subject(s) - ball (mathematics) , subharmonic , physics , bifurcation , vibration , classical mechanics , mechanics , mathematical analysis , nonlinear system , acoustics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
A simple analysis for the behavior of a completely inelastic ball bouncing on a vertically vibrating plate has been given. Controlled by the normalized vibration acceleration, the ball undertakes a serials of subharmonic bifurcations. Several typical bifurcation processes are discussed.