A theoretical model of collision between soft-spheres with Hertz elastic loading and nonlinear plastic unloading

Thispaperpresentsatheoreticalmodelonthenormal(head-on)collisionbetweensoft-spheresonthebasisofelasticloadingoftheHertzcontactforcompressionprocessandanonlinearplasticunloadingforrestitutionone,inwhichtheparametersallaredeterminedintermsofthematerialandgeometriconesofthespheres,andthebehaviorsofperfectelastic,inelastic,andperfectplasticcollisionsappearedintheclassicalmechanicsarefullydescribedonceavalueofcoefficientofrestitutionisspeci...