Elastic eccentric impact of a thin disc

ID: elastic-eccentric-impact-of-a-thin-disc

Let a nonrotating disc initially move downwards at speed and strike a stationary point support offset from its centre. If the impulse is vertical and the normal coefficient of restitution is one, its upward impulse satisfies . The signed upward centre velocity is therefore the title formula, where is the moment of inertia about the horizontal diameter perpendicular to the impact lever arm. At for a thin circular disc, , so its centre instantaneously stops and all initial kinetic energy becomes rotation. A fixed support can absorb momentum without doing work.

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