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1. Verfasser: Feng, Y. T.
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2026
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02533
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  • Nonlinear contact dynamics are widely regarded as intrinsically nonlinear systems whose behaviour depends strongly on geometry and impact conditions. Here we show that any one-dimensional conservative contact system satisfying monotone energy-consistent conditions admits two complementary structures: (i) a canonical action-angle representation in physical time, and (ii) an exact harmonic oscillator representation under an energy-based coordinate transformation combined with time reparametrisation. This reveals a hidden linear structure underlying nonlinear contact interactions. Building on this result, we derive a unique universal damping law that preserves linear dissipative dynamics in the transformed harmonic space, and establish a rigorous, closed-form lower bound for the critical timestep in numerical simulations. The framework generalises classical power-law contact models and provides a unified basis for restitution control across arbitrary geometries, recovering known exact solutions as explicit monomial special cases.