The Warlike Interest in Impact Theories

Piero Villaggio ()
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Piero Villaggio: University of Pisa

A chapter in Variational Analysis and Aerospace Engineering: Mathematical Challenges for Aerospace Design, 2012, pp 427-434 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The main contributions to the theory of impact from Galilei to Taylor are critically revisited. The reason why the interest in the problems of collisions between solid bodies arose just at the beginning of the 17th century is not by chance because the diffusion of fire guns, artillery in particular, had revolutionized the traditional military techniques. Defence works considered efficient for millennia became useless in a short time. However, the development of impact mechanics had also several important, peaceful, applications.

Keywords: Impact Theory; Maximum Contact Force; Neolithic Revolution; Burnt Brick; Singular Initial Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2435-2_18

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