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Bouncing Balls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

R. H. Macmillan
R. H. Macmillan*
Affiliation:
School of Automotive Studies, Cranfield Institute of Technology, MK43 0AL
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Extract

In making a study recently of “whiplash injury” in vehicle impacts, I came upon a fact which surprised me, and further investigation led to some pleasing results involving only elementary mathematics, together with the design of a model which might have a future as an “executive toy” related to Newton’s cradle.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 66 , Issue 436 , June 1982 , pp. 104 - 109
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1982

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