Impact of a Rigid Body on an Elastic Half Space

Abstract

A Fourier synthesis of the steady-state vibrations of a rigid plate on an elastic half space is used to determine the deceleration and penetration of a rigid body impacting an elastic half space over a flat circular area. In order to obtain a satisfactory solution, it is necessary to integrate to a large value of the frequency factor. The theoretical values are compared with some simple experiments on lead and Neoprene.