elastic collisions

A collision is said to be an elastic collision if both the kinetic energy and momentum are conserved in the collision. During collision, the bodies are deformed. However, they regain their original shape completely if the collision is ..

It is that elastic collision in which the colliding bodies move along the same straight line before and after the collision. Consider two bodies A and B of masses m 1 and m 2 respectively, moving along the same straight line, in the same direction. Let be their respect..

If the colliding bodies do not move along the same straight line path, then the collision is said to be an oblique collision..

Head-on Elastic Collision [One Dimensional Elastic Collision] - It is that elastic collision in which the colliding bodies move along the same straight line before and after the collision. Consider two bodies A and B of masses m ..

A Karate expert strikes a board of mass 0.14 kg and breaks it, with his fist of mass 0.70 kg. He then does the same to a 3.2 kg concrete block. The spring constant 'k' for bending are, 4.1 x 10 4 N/m for the board and 2.6 x 10 6 N/m for the block. Breaking occurs at a deflection 'd' of 16 mm for th..

A body of mass m 1 is moving with a velocity along X-axis. Let it suffer elastic collision with a stationary body of mass m 2 . The distance b, between the initial line of motion and a line parallel to it through the centre of the target body is called the impact parameter. T..

Let us study another type of energy, called the potential energy. Potential energy is the energy that can be associated with the configuration (or arrangement) of a system of objects that exert forces on one another. If the configuration of the system changes, then the potential energy of the syst..

>Law of conservation of energy states that the total energy of an isolated system cannot change. A collision is said to take place when either two bodies physically collide against each other or when the path of one body is changed by the influence of the other body. A collision..

Case (i) when m 1 = m 2 , i.e., when both the colliding bodies are of the same mass. The velocity of body A after collision, is equal to the velocity of body B before the collision. From equation (v), The velocity of body B after collision, is equal to the ..

Calculating Kinetic energy using the formula E=(1/2)mv 2 Calculating changes in gravitational potential energy near the Earth Problems involving conservation of energy in simple systems Calculating momentum as the product mv Momentum as a separately conserved quantity, different from energy..