Collision Definition and 1000 Threads

  1. C

    A Has the merger of a neutron star and an anti-neutron star been modeled?

    If a neutron star and an anti neutron star collided, would they 1) completely annihilate each other, 2) form a black hole, or 3) partially annihilate each other with the remaining stars being pushed away from each other by the energy created?
  2. haha0p1

    How to find resulting velocity in a perfectly elastic collision?

    Using principle of conservation of momentum: m×u=m×v1 + M×v2 Where m=mass of moving particle in the beginning u=Initial velocity of particle m v1= final velocity of particle m v2=velocity of object M m×u-(mv1)=Mv2 (mu-mv1)÷M=v2 My answer is this (mu-mv1)÷M However, it is nowhere close to...
  3. L

    B The collision of molecules during thermal expansion

    Greetings everyone. I learned that the distance between molecules in liquid increases while the temperature increases. Hence, its density is decreased. The process is thermal expansion. At the same time, the collision between molecules would be more frequent when the temperature increases...
  4. susan_khan

    Elastic Collision Between Two Balls

    I'm a little confused as to what the answer could be. This was one of my homework questions that I got wrong as I chose 0.5 v as the answer. Would someone be able to tell me what the correct answer would be?
  5. Sphere

    B What Happens to Very Energetic Protons After Collision?

    Hello, i was wondering, during the pair creation caused by the collision between a very energetic proton and a target (atomic nucleus) in a particle accelerator, what happens to the very energetic proton after the collision? Is it destroyed, intact, split into quarks or something else? Thank you!
  6. Sal Coombs

    Inelastic collision followed by circular motion

    Found the speed at which the masses will travel after their collision: 2.25m/s Not sure what to do next...
  7. mncyapntsi

    1D collision, varying masses but same initial velocity

    I know I need to look at the conversation of momentum, as well as the conservation of kinetic energy. However I get stuck with my equations. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I've already got (don't know where I am going wrong): (v)^2 + (1/2)(m)(v)^2 = (vf1)^2 + (1/2)(m)(vf2)^2 (3/2)v^2 =...
  8. S

    How to find minimum possible mass

    Unfortunately, this is not the right answer.
  9. T

    I Elastic collision between two spheres

    Suppose I have two spheres in 3 dimensions of equal mass. In cartesian coordinates, sphere A is traveling with velocity uAi, and sphere B travels with vBi. They will collide elastically. I want to find the final velocities after the collision, ie uAf and vBf. Am I correct in saying that...
  10. S

    Correct statement about elastic collision

    From conservation of momentum: m1u1 + m2u2 = m1v1 + m2 u1 - u2 = v1 + v2 (u2 is negative because the object moves to the left) From conservation of KE, I got answer (C) So there are two correct answers, (B) and (C)? Thanks
  11. S

    Engineering Pulley system with collision etc....

    Hello there, can I get some help with (b) please? first of all I wanted to ask.. can is it permitted to use different systems in one exercises? like f.e. for conservation of energy to find the velocity of ##m_3## I used as system only ##m_3## but for the collision I used the 3 masses as the...
  12. N

    Perpendicular inelastic collision problem

    I still don't get it where did "v" go. I'm trying to solve the problem that is on the second image. Second image.
  13. S

    A Motorcycle, the force exerted upon from collision

    Synopsis, The insurance company wants to repair this 3-year-old motorcycle with 3400 miles on the odo father taking this hit. The motorcycle was modified with an aftermarket "engine guard," which was made out of powder-coated steel tubing and bolted directly to the frame which is made out of...
  14. Philosophaie

    I What happens first -- Sun Red Giant or Andromeda collision?

    What happens first Sun Red Giant or Andromeda collision?
  15. R

    I How to account for linear momentum in a collision?

    Suppose a bar is fixed to an axle at one one so that it can pivot. The bar is initially motionless, but is set rotating about it's axle when impacted by a ball. (The ball does not strike the bar at it's pivot point.) Suppose the collision is such that the bar is set rotating and the ball is...
  16. lola1227

    Momentum Collision Homework Problem -- help please

    Parallel: M1V1+M2v2=M1V1’+M2V2’ (0.5)(3)+0=(0.5)(cos60)(3)+V2’Cos(x)(0.5) V2’cos(x)= Perpendicular: M1V1+M2v2=M1V1’+M2V2’ 0=(0.5)(0.3)(sin60)+V2’sin(x)(0.5) V2’sin(x)= And the divide 2 by 1 Which is tan(x)=2/1 And then plug then back into solve, but I don’t think we do it like this because...
  17. dahoom102

    Momentum - Impulse collision to find initial speeds and directions

    Hi I've tried solving this question but it seems that I flipped the direction of the impulse, what did I interpret wrong? the question didn't give any clue on their direction before so I couldn't infer the direction of the impulse. It also just gave me the magnitude without the direction. I...
  18. A

    I Conservation of angular momentum during collisions

    Hello everyone, I have a doubt regarding the conservation of angular momentum. When dealing with collisions between two objects, if the net external force is zero we know that the linear momentum is conserved; even when the system is not isolated, for instance because of gravity acting on the...
  19. A

    Aftermath of a collision with an ice giant

    Hi again. Is it plausible that an ice giant like Neptune could be shattered by a collision such that it keeps a tight debris field for a few hundred thousand years before recoalescing as a planet? In my story the characters hide in a debris field and refine the ices for fuel. Also, if the...
  20. vibha_ganji

    Maximum Deflection Angle In Elastic Collision

    I started by writing the equation v1i + v1f = 2v and then drawing a triangle with v1i, v1f, and 2v as the three sides. Then I used the Law of Cosines to solve for cos theta but this did not lead to a solution. Could I have a hint on how to begin? Thank you!
  21. D

    I Solving for Angular Velocity After a Disc Collision

    Hello to everyone, first of all shame on me I has to ask and can not figure out it by myself... The problem is I am trying to code game where two homogenous discs with same mass and same diameter, no fricition due to gravitational forces, can collide. I can figure out the speed and direction...
  22. Distern

    I Collision when a falling tank impacts the surface of a lake

    I'm writing a paper on the movie realism of the A-team movie. The basic situation is that the guys are falling inside a tank with terminal velocity into a lake. I'm stumped on how to calculate the force that is created on impact, though I imagined it being done with some kind of pulse equation...
  23. rudransh verma

    B About actually touching something and sound made by collision

    https://futurism.com/why-you-can-never-actually-touch-anything/amp We know the friction happens because of the intermolecular forces between the atoms of the surfaces in contact. When we place something on other there are places where they get come in contact there are bonding formed and due to...
  24. Tea_Aficionado

    Why don't we account for energy lost in collision here? SHM

    We know that the Ug is converted to KE and Us. I thought that since the system loses energy after the collision that we shouldn't use the equation hnew= delta x + h. I thought instead that maybe the h we should use is xmax, because that's when there is maximum Ug and there is no other energy...
  25. T

    I Are Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision Course?

    Well, not right away. It's about 10 000yrs in the future. From: THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS The Unanticipated Phenomenology of the Blazar PKS 2131–021: A Unique Supermassive Black Hole Binary Candidate Popular version...
  26. moriah

    Effects of Collision on Car Body/Frame

    Do medium to high level car collisions create cracks/fissures in the frame and body of the car?
  27. Astronuc

    Rocket possible collision with Moon

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/an-old-falcon-9-rocket-may-strike-the-moon-within-weeks/ https://www.projectpluto.com/temp/dscovr.htm
  28. MattGeo

    I Work Done/Energy Transferred in One Dimensional Collision

    I spend a lot of time thinking about collision problems because for me they are both extremely interesting and often very difficult to grasp when one thinks about them beyond the basics we are taught in introductory or even intermediate university courses. Suppose there is a perfectly elastic...
  29. mattlfang

    Perfectly inelastic collision of two moving and rotating disks

    two moving and rotating, uniformly weighted disks perfectly inelastic collide. The disks are rotating in opposite directions (see the diagram) At the moment of their collision, the angles between their velocity and the line connecting their centers are 45 degrees. The velocities are therefore in...
  30. H

    Why is the angular momentum negative in a disk and stick collision?

    figure 11.12 I need someone to explain why the angular momentum of the ball is ## L_{f} = -rm_{d}V_{df} + I\omega## rather than ## L_{f} = rm_{d}V_{df} + I\omega ##. How to distinguish the sign of the angular momentum?p.s. ##\Delta\vec{L}_{total} = \vec{L}_{f} - \vec{L}_{i} = (-rm_{d}v_{df} +...
  31. M

    Glancing Elastic Collision Questionnaire

    I was able to solve for the velocity of MB and got my answer as 4.47m/s. The main issue right now for me is how to get the angles. I'm really confused on what most people have been posting as we didn't get a groundwork on this topic and so most of the basics I had them self taught. So far I...
  32. P

    B Confused about force body diagram for 2 body collision

    I'm trying to understand Newton's third law in the context of collisions. Assume that one body has mass M kg and is traveling in the positive x direction with acceleration A m/s^2. Assume that the second body has mass m kg and is traveling in the negative x direction with acceleration a m/s^2...
  33. B

    B Alternative elastic collision formula / physical interpretation

    Standard formula for final velocities ##v_1##, ##v_2## in elastic collision with masses ##m_1##, ##m_2## and initial velocities ##u_1##, ##u_2## is given by $$v_1 = \frac{m_1-m_2}{m_1+m_2}u_1+\frac{2m_2}{m_1+m_2}u_2$$$$v_2 = \frac{2m_1}{m_1+m_2}u_1+\frac{m_2-m_1}{m_1+m_2}u_2$$. By rearranging...
  34. O

    1D Elastic Collision between an Elephant and a Fly

    1 = elephant 2 = fly So I am trying to find v'2 which is the final velocity of the fly. I have v1 the initial velocity of the elephant 2.1m/s. So I plug it into the equation and have v'2=(2m1/(m1+m2))*2.1m/s. We are not given the masses so I just know m1>m2 but I don't understand how that will...
  35. A

    Complex collision with masses and Velcro

    Drawing: I decided to attempt to approach this as several collisions. So we can start with this: Object 1-Object 2 This collision is elastic, so we know that ##P_i = P_f##. We also know ##K_i = K_f##. So, $$mv_{1i} = mv_{1f} + mv{2_f}$$ $$1 = v_{1f} + v_{2f}$$ $$v_{2f} = 1 - v_{1f}$$ and...
  36. rudransh verma

    When will the particles collide?

    I am stuck. Please ignore my handwriting. I am working on latex. All I am taking is x and y coordinates same of both particles. Yes they will meet at some time t.
  37. Auxirius

    I What would a hypothetical quark-quark collision yield?

    As seen in the summary, my question is purely hypothetical and I understand that it would most likely be impossible to happen (or I just haven't read enough). The concept that quarks and leptons are the fundamental particles of the universe has existed for a while now - therefore we know that...
  38. S

    Bobsled Impulse and Force -- ELASTIC collision problem

    I attempted to do mvf-mvi to find the impulse, but had trouble figuring out what to use as v (where does the angle of 3degrees come in?), and thought that there had to be more to the problem considering the other details I was given. I then attempted to maybe calculate the kinetic energy lost...
  39. Hyperbolu

    I Adhesive Collision: Coding for Sticky Objects

    I am trying to code collision of two objects. When they collide, instead of rebound or motion of them according to their velocity, i want them to stick together and move in direction of resultant normal velocity. It is not plastic collision. I want a force that stops the rebound. how can i...
  40. S

    Speed and direction of proton after collision

    I don't really understand the question. A proton collides obliquely with another proton means that the first proton moves at certain angle with respect to horizontal? This is my sketch: Is that correct? If yes, is it solvable since there are so many unknowns? Thanks
  41. T

    Elastic collision: Determine the deceleration

    My approach so far is to use F = ma. The forces acting on the block in the horizonital direction are friction and the force of the spring. Choosing the direction towards the spring as the positive axis. Therefore: F = ma -Fr - kx = ma Solving for a = (-Fr - kx)/m If I plug in values I end up...
  42. vibha_ganji

    Solving the Elastric 3-Body Collision Problem

    This is the problem statement from the textbook. “A ball with an initial speed of 10.0 m/s collides elastically with two identical balls whose centers are on a line perpendicular to the initial velocity and that are initally in contact with each other (Fig. 6-33). The first ball is aimed...
  43. M

    I Collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda and Redshift

    Hi ! My question is the following: If there is a redshift in astronomical observations with other galaxies, as our Milky Way galaxy is approaching with the Andromeda galaxy, they must surely be in an accelerated approach due to the force of gravity between the two galaxies, and as our galaxy...
  44. TheMercury79

    Momentum transfer in electron-proton collision

    In a head-on collision between the proton and electron, what is the squared 4-momentum transfer between the two particles. Starting with the difference in momentum of the electron with the 4-vectors before and after the event: $$(P-P')^2=P^2+P'^2-2P\cdot P'$$ The circumstances are such that the...
  45. T

    Stopping a Bullet: Calculate umin and xf

    (a) ##u_{min}=\big(1+\frac{m_2}{m_1}\big)\sqrt{2\mu_k g d}## (b) ##x_f=\sqrt{\frac{2h}{g}\Big(\big(\frac{m_1}{m_1+m_2}u\big)^2-2\mu_k g d\Big)}## Can someone check please?
  46. G

    I Conservation of momentum in a collision

    Now, deriving relativistic momentum isn't terribly difficult, but that's not the same as understanding it. I'm trying to figure out why conservation of momentum in special relativity requires the gamma factor. When I looked at conservation of momentum in elementary physics, we basically just...
  47. neilparker62

    I Nature of Collision in Compton Scattering

    I am just wondering how best to visualise a Compton scattering event. Since a photon has no mass, we can't exactly presume it's the same as two masses colliding even if at relativistic speeds. Does the photon encounter some kind of force field as it approaches the stationary electron ? If so...
  48. jjson775

    Electron motion after collision in a magnetic field

    Isn‘t this a straightforward problem of conservation of momentum? See attached.
  49. S

    MHB Calculating Kinetic Energy After Collision of Balls A & B

    Ball A of mass 2kg, is moving in a straight line at 5 m/s. Ball B of mass 4kg is moving in the same straight line at 2 m/s. Ball B is traveling directly towards Ball A. The balls hit each other and after the impact each ball has reversed its direction of travel. The kinetic energy lost in the...
  50. Abhishek11235

    I Calculating Time Elapsed in Rocket Collision

    Consider an observer on Earth (Neglect any effect of gravity). Call him A. Let 2 rockets be moving in opposite direction along x-axis (x-axis coincides with the x-axis of A) with uniform velocities. Call them B and C. At t=0, in A's frame, the rockets are separated by length ##l## . Let ##V_a##...
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