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Title: Measuring impact rebound with photography.

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1012751

To study the rebound of a sphere colliding against a flat wall, a test setup was developed where the sphere is suspended with strings as a pendulum, elevated, and gravity-released to impact the wall. The motion of the sphere was recorded with a highspeed camera and traced with an image-processing program. From the speed of the sphere before and after each collision, the coefficient of restitution was computed, and shown to be a function of impact speed as predicted analytically.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1012751
Report Number(s):
SAND2010-2955C; TRN: US1102304
Resource Relation:
Conference: Proposed for presentation at the 14th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics held July 4-9, 2010 in Poitiers, France.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English