Q: An elastic collision occurs between two objects of mass ( m1 ) and ( m2 ). Prior to the collision, mass ( m2 ) is stationary and approached by ( m1 ) with a velocity ( v1 ). If only the values of ( m1 ), ( m2 ), and ( v1 ) areContinue reading “ENERGY AND MOMENTUM: Elastic Collision Determination ( Part 2 )”
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ENERGY AND MOMENTUM: Stacked Ball Drop, Impulse, and the Galilean Transformation
Q: Three balls of mass m1, m2, and m3 fall together towards the earth. They accelerate until impact, and once the three-ball system collides elastically with the earth’s surface, the balls within the system approach one another with an instantaneous velocity ( v ). The momentum ( p = mv ) = ( m1 +Continue reading “ENERGY AND MOMENTUM: Stacked Ball Drop, Impulse, and the Galilean Transformation”
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