Path-following analysis of the dynamical response of a piecewise-linear capsule system

Acknowledgements The first author has been supported by a Georg Forster Research Fellowship granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

Experimental verification of the vibro-impact capsule model

Date of Acceptance: 03/09/15 Acknowledgments Dr. Yang Liu would like to acknowledge the financial support for the Small Research Grant (31841) by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

Experimental verification of the vibro-impact capsule model

Date of Acceptance: 03/09/15 Acknowledgments Dr. Yang Liu would like to acknowledge the financial support for the Small Research Grant (31841) by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.