Momentum Articles

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Mass Generation

An Introduction to the Generation of Mass from Energy

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Introduction This article is essentially an addition to the previous one on (mainly) inelastic collisions to include the particular case of inelastic…
impact errors

Frequently Made Errors in Mechanics: Momentum and Impacts

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  An impact is an impulse (change of momentum) that involves arbitrarily large forces acting very briefly. These result in near-instantaneous…
mistakes moments

Frequently Made Errors in Mechanics: Moments

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 The term "moment" is used in various ways in Physics and Mathematics:Given a force and a reference point, the force has a moment (or…