Abstract:The non-linear dynamics of rocking rigid bodies with simple geometries such as rectangular blocks and cylinders have been the focus of the rocking community over the last six decades.However, many objects that are prone to rocking or overturning do not conform to such geometries. These objects include museum artifacts and precariously balanced rocks in the natural world. Even in cases where the response of the rocking body is planar, the geometry of the body is much more complicated than the commonly studied g… Show more
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