Impact-induced acceleration by obstacles

Corbin, NA; Hanna, JA; Royston, WR; Singh, H; Warner, RB

Hanna, JA (reprint author), Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Dept Biomed Engn & Mech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA.; Hanna, JA (reprint author), Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ, Dept Phys, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA.; Hanna, JA (reprint author), Virgini

NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 2018; 20 ():

Abstract

We explore a surprising phenomenon in which an obstruction accelerates, rather than decelerates, a moving flexible object. It has been claimed that th......

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