Rigid Body Motion Conversion due to Collision

The impact phenomenon may be used for task-oriented changing of rigid body motion. When moving body encounters with some obstacle all parameters of motion are changing as a result of impact and trajectory and type of motion are also changing. In this work the conversion of translatory motion of prismatic rigid body into plane or rotation and conversion of plane motion of cylindrical body due to impact are considered. The conditions of conversion of one type of motion into another and parameters post-impact motion are studied. Problems are solved in the framework of rigid body motion, using rigid body impact theory. Studying of such phenomena is important for location of parts on industrial conveyors, feeders, etc.