THE GENERAL MOTION OF AN INCLINED IMPACT DAMPER WITH FRICTION

An exact approach is presented to study N stable impacts per period of motion of an inclined impact damper with friction and collision on ei ther one or both sides of the main mass with identical and non-identic al coefficients of restitution. The modifications required to accommod ate cases of pressurized damper mass and a damper mass oscillating on a spring-supported platform are presented. The comparison of theoretic al predictions with results obtained using numerical simulation of mot ion on a digital computer and previous results indicate good agreement . (C) 1995 Academic Press Limited