Research Article

Experimental and Simulation Analysis for the Impact of a Two-Link Chain with Granular Matter

Figure 8

The contribution of the kinetic and potential energy to the total energy dissipation during the penetration phase by the system to the environment: (a) for Link 1 and (b) for Link 2.
(a) The percentage of kinetic and potential energy that accounts for the total energy dissipation for Link 1
(b) The percentage of kinetic and potential energy that accounts for the total energy dissipation for Link 2