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The European Physical Journal B
ISSN: 1434-6028 (printed version)
ISSN: 1434-6036 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 1 Issue 4 (1998) pp 533-543
Dynamics of a single particle in a horizontally shaken box
B. Drossel (a), T. Prellberg (b)
Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Received: 19 September 1997 / Received in final form: 9 December 1997 / Accepted: 17 December 1997
Abstract: We study the dynamics of a particle in a horizontally and periodically shaken box as a function of the box parameters and the coefficient of restitution. For certain parameter values, the particle becomes regularly chattered at one of the walls, thereby loosing all its kinetic energy relative to that wall. The number of container oscillations between two chattering events depends in a fractal manner on the parameters of the system. In contrast to a vertically vibrated particle, for which chattering is claimed to be the generic fate, the horizontally shaken particle can become trapped on a periodic orbit and follow the period-doubling route to chaos when the coefficient of restitution is changed. We also discuss the case of a completely elastic particle, and the influence of friction between the particle and the bottom of the container.
PACS. 46.10.+z Mechanics of discrete systems - 03.20.+i Classical mechanics of discrete systems: general mathematical aspects - 05.45.+b Theory and models of chaotic systems
(a) email: drossel@a13.ph.man.ac.uk
(b) email: prel@a13.ph.man.ac.uk
Online publication: March 19, 1998
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