Collision Definition and 1000 Threads

Homework Statement One car of mass 1400 kg is traveling at 45km/h when it collides and becomes entangles with another car mass of mass 1300 kg traveling at 39km/h[E]. What is their velocity after collision So MA = 1400 kg VA = 45kh/h MB = 1300 kg VB = 39 kh/h [E] and After Collision: MAB =...

Homework Statement A trolley of mass 0.5 kg rolls along a level, frictionless ramp at a velocity of 6.0 m s-1. It collides with a second trolley of mass 1.0 kg which is initially at rest. The first trolley rebounds with a speed of 2.0 m s-1 . a) Stating clearly any principles involved, find...

Say you've got a dumbbell-type object sitting still in space, and a mass comes in from below and strikes it. We've got a collision. If the mass strikes the dumbbell away from the center of mass, then it will cause the dumbbell to do two things (1) rotate, (2) the center of mass will move up...

I'd like to discuss the question in the title, following up on my remark quoted below. Note that I don't want to repeat the discussion in https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/tracks-in-particle-detectors-and-quantum-paths.758778 so maybe reread that one first! The traditional analysis is...

Homework Statement In a closed system, in an inelastic collision, momentum and total energy is conserved, but total kinetic energy is not. But how is this possible? If we have a change in total kinetic energy, we have a change in velocity, and so we must have a change in momentum as...

I'm sure this idea has been considered since the invention of the particle accelerator. What would happen to an entangled particle if it's pair was collided in an accelerator? My guess is simply an end to entanglement but I'm too curious not to ask.

Homework Statement I apologize in advance because this is a long question. This is a scenario based question where I role play as an intern for the Montreal Police Collision Investigation Unit. Basically I have to determine the initial velocity of vehicles to determine whether or not they are...

Homework Statement Problem: An object of mass m1 elastically collides with an object of mass m2 =(3/2) m1 that is initially at rest. The less massive object has speed v1 and travels at an angle of θ1with its original direction (x-axis) after collision; the more massive object has a speed of v2...

[Note: Thread moved by moderator] Hi! so I have a question I am unable to do and I've been trying it for 3 hours. The question had 2 parts, i figured out part a but cannot figure out part b. A) A 0.006kg ball is dropped from a height of 4.0m above the floor. Neglecting air resistance...

Homework Statement A 1.0-kg standard cart collides on a low-friction track with cart A . The standard cart has an initial x component of velocity of +0.40 m/s , and cart A is initially at rest. After the collision the x component of velocity of the standard cart is +0.20 m/s and the x...

Homework Statement Two objects collide and bounce off one another. After the collision, object m1 = 2.74 kg moves off at 12.8 m/s at a heading of 295 degrees. Object m2 = 2.28 kg moves off at 12.8 m/s at a heading of 241 degrees. Initially, m2 was traveling at 11.1 m/s at a heading of 334...

Hi everyone. I've a question that i wondered since the high school. Let's take two identical particles (same mass) that collide frontally. Assume it's an elastic collision. We have to conservate both the momentum and kinetic energy: v_1 + v_2 = v'_1 + v'_1 v^2_1 + v^2_2 = v'^2_1 + v'^2_1...

1. Question: Ball A of mass ma is traveling along the x-axis with velocity vao when it strikes Ball B of mass mb, which is at rest. After the collision, Ball A travels at an angle θ above the x-axis and Ball B travels at an angle φ below the x-axis. The final velocities of Balls A and B are vaf...

Homework Statement Air of density ρ, moving with velocity v strikes normally on an inclined surface (having area A) of a wedge of mass m kept on a horizontal surface. Collisions are perfectly elastic (No loss of kinetic energy). Minimum coefficient of static friction between wedge and the...

I know that an atom can become excited in one of two ways: by absorbing some energy from a source of electromagnetic radiation or by colliding with some other particle—another atom, for example, but my question is about the second part. So I want to know how and in what conditions (pressure...

Probably a simple question, but I'm honestly at a loss here. It is well known from the photoelectric effect that an electron will accept only a specific amount of energy (quantified energy) from a photon, otherwise it will not accept it. What happens with the photon that collides with an...

Homework Statement Consider a frictionless track as shown (I will attach an image in a follow up post). A block of mass M1= 5.00 kg is released from point A. It makes a head-on elastic collision at B with a block of mass m2 = 10 kg that is initially at rest. Calculate the maximum height to...

Hi. The formulae for the velocities of two bodies after a perfectly elastic or inelastic bodies, let's say in 2D, (e.g. billiard) can be derived from three equations: conservation of energy and conservation of momentum in two dimensions. But how do you treat collisions of three or more bodies...

Homework Statement A particle of mass m and initial velocity v0 collides elastically with a particle of unknown mass M coming from the opposite direction as shown in the left-hand sketch on the next page. After the collision, m has velocity v0/2 at right angles to the incident direction, and M...

Homework Statement "Before the collision, vehicle #1 was traveling east and vehicle #2 was traveling north. The driver of vehicle #1 states he was traveling 35 mph as he approached the intersection. He continues to state that vehicle #2 ran the stop sign, pulling out in front of him and...

Homework Statement A 2.0 kg ball moving with a speed of 3.0 m/s hits, elastically, an identical stationary ball. If the first ball moves away with angle 30° to the original path, determine: a. the speed of the first ball after the collision. b. the speed and direction of the second ball after...

Hi all, I've been self-studying a first year uni introductory mechanics course, and I'm confused with the derivations involved in calculating the final state of an elastic collision in one dimension, given the initial state. So basically we have masses of m_1, m_2 with initial velocities v_1i...

Homework Statement hello! so i am trying to figure out how to calculate the resultant velocities and directions(angles/vectors) that two perfectly elastic spheres might travel in if they were to be hit simultaneously by a third sphere at an angle. all the spheres are of equal mass, initial...

Homework Statement There are two problems: (A) Consider two identical billiard balls (spheres), each of mass M and radius R. One is stationary (ball 2) and the other rolls on a horizontal surface without slipping, with a horizontal speed v (ball 1). Assume that all the frictional forces are...

Homework Statement So this is just something i came up with to check if i am understanding everything allright, it all comes down to collisions in regard to the center of mass So two "masses" experience a glancing collision M1: vi - 3m/s (refered to as v1i) ; m - 2Kg (m1) M2...

I know that an atom can become excited in one of two ways: by absorbing some energy from a source of electromagnetic radiation or by colliding with some other particle—another atom, for example, but my question is about the second part. So I want to know how and in what conditions (pressure...

Homework Statement You are called to the site of a collision between a small car and a half ton truck on a lonely country road. You are given the following information: a) On clean dry pavement at a temperature of 20 C, the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.600 on locked wheels. b)...

Homework Statement three small spheres, A , B and C with mass of 3kg , 4kg , 7kg respectively are arranged as shown in the figure. Initially , sphere B is placed in static condition,while the sphere A is moving with a velocity of 4u towards B and collides . Then , sphere C move to right with...

Homework Statement Two 1.0-kg carts are coupled together and placed on a very long horizontal track that is at rest in the Earth frame of reference. The combination is launched so that at t = 0 it is moving to the right at speed 2.0 m/s in the Earth frame, with cart #1 in front and cart #2 in...

Homework Statement A 2.00-kg object is attached to an ideal massless horizontal spring of spring constant 100.0 N/m and is at rest on a frictionless horizontal table. The spring is aligned along the x-axis and is fixed to a peg in the table. Suddenly this mass is struck by another 2.00-kg...

Homework Statement A red and a blue rubber puck are free to slide along a frictionless air table. Each has a mass of 40 grams. They collide in an elastic collision. Initially the red one is at rest and the blue one is traveling in the x direction with a speed of 4 m/s. After the collision the...

Homework Statement A 400 lb quad hits a tree moving at 20 mph, if the time of impact is .02 seconds what would the average force be on the tree? Also how much energy would be absorbed in the collision? Homework Equations I was able to solve the first part of the question, the force on the...

Homework Statement A meteorite is approaching Earth at very high speed. In order to avoid an impact on earth, the world space agency has launched two space missions: one mission sends the astronaut Albert to the meteorite approaching earth. The other mission, lead by the space commander Trebla...

Homework Statement The driver of an express train traveling at 38 m/3 [E] sees a freight train 120 m ahead on the same line traveling at a constant velocity of 12 m/2 [E]. He immediately applies his brakes and just avoids a collision. Assume that the freight train maintains its constant...

Homework Statement Consider the following head-on elastic collision. Particle 1 has rest mass 2mo, and particle 2 has rest mass mo. Before the collision, particle 1 movies toward particle 2, which is initially at rest, with speed u (= 0.600c ). After the collision each particle moves in the...

Homework Statement A 1kg object traveling at 1 m/s collides head-on with a 2 kg object initially at rest. If the collision is completely inelastic, determine a) the velocity of the objects after impact and b) how much kinetic energy was lost during the collision. Homework Equations Part a)...

Homework Statement When an alpha particle collides elastically with a nucleus, the nucleus recoils. Suppose a 3.94 MeV alpha particle has a head-on elastic collision with a gold nucleus that is initially at rest. What is the kinetic energy of (a) the recoiling nucleus and (b) the rebounding...

Homework Statement A device consists of eight balls each of mass 0.6kg attached to the ends of low-mass spokes of length 2.1m, so that the radius of rotation of the balls is 1.05m. The device is mounted in the vertical plane. The axle is held up by supports that are not shown, and the wheel is...

Homework Statement A solid sphere is rolling without slipping on rough ground with an angular velocity w and linear velocity v. It collides elastically with an another identical sphere at rest. Radius of each sphere is R and mass m. What is the linear velocity of the first sphere after it...

Homework Statement [/B] Person A fires a 222 g arrow towards an archery target at a speed of 109 m/s. Person B shoots a 190. g arrow moving in the same direction. This arrow moves with a speed of 290. m/s, catches up, and then collides with Person A's arrow. If the arrows collide in a...

Homework Statement The white ball in the figure has a speed of 1.81 m/s and the yellow ball is at rest prior to an elastic glancing collision. After the collision the white ball has a speed of 1.37 m/s. To the nearest tenth of a degree, measured counterclockwise from east, what angle does it...

Hello, When a fluid is flowing, it has of course a kinetic energy and thus we can define kinetic power equal to ρAv v is the velocity and A is the surface of a solid for example. I have a question (maybe it is a strange one) : When fluid collides with a solid, do all the molecules collide with...

Dear Experts, Total momentum of a system is said to be conserved in perfectly inelastic collisions also. I have a slight problem trying to comprehend a simple example regarding the same. If a small mass 'm' , say a ball is thrown at a huge stationary mass 'M' , say a wall. If the collision is...

Homework Statement Two photon of energy ##E_1 ## and ## E_2## collide with their trajectory at an angle $\theta$ with respect to each other. a) Total four-momentum before collision? b) square length of 4-momentum in lab frame (LB)and in center of momentum frame (CM)? c) 4-momentum of two photon...

Homework Statement Hockey player 1 is traveling at a velocity of 12m/s North and hockey player 2 is traveling at a velocity of 18m/s south when they collide head on. after colliding, the hockey players hang onto each other and slide along the ice with a velocity of 4m/s. if hockey player 1...

Homework Statement Hi there! In this exercise, we are supposed to derive this formula for a 2-D elastic with two different masses: (x-U*v1)^2 + y^2 = (Uv1)^2 (example, two billiard balls), the second mass is at rest. It's a equation which leads to a circle where all of the possible p2' lie...

I've been a fan of this forum for a while, but never signed up for it, today I'm stuck on this problem and can't find anywhere other than Chegg but I don't have a premium account. 1. Homework Statement A meter stick is at rest on frictionless surface. A hockey puck is going towards the 30cm...

Homework Statement A projectile of mass m = 50g traveling at v0 = 20m/s hits a block of mass M = 450g. The block rests on a frictionless horizontal surface and is attached to a spring of force constant k = 2000N/m. The projectile ricochets backward off the block with speed v’ = 0.6v0. The...

Homework Statement Two equal mass hockey pucks undergo a glancing collision. Puck 1 is initially at rest and is struck by puck 2 traveling at a velocity of 13 m/s[E]. Puck 1 travels at an angle of [E18N] after the collision. Puck 2 travels at an angle of [E4S]. Determine the final velocity...

Homework Statement A red ball and blue ball are sliding on a frictionless surface, each ball has a mass of 40g. They collide in an elastic collision. Initially the red one is at rest and the blue one is traveling in the x direction with a speed of 4 m/s. After the collision the blue one is...