Collision Definition and 1000 Threads

During a collision between a truck and a wall, an occupant of the truck is thrown forward because of inertia; he continues moving forward. Why does the occupant stop eventually? What is the resultant force that opposes his forward motion? Is this force the equal and opposite normal reaction...

Homework Statement The figure shows an overhead view of a 2.50-kg plastic rod of length 1.20 m on a table. One end of the rod is attached to the table, and the rod is free to pivot about this point without friction. A disk of mass 39.0 g slides toward the opposite end of the rod with an initial...

Two chunks of rock, each having a mass of 1.00 kg, collide in space. Just before the collision, an observer at rest in the reference frame of a nearby star determines that rock A is moving toward the star at 0.800 c and rock B is moving away from the star at 0.750 c . If the rocks stick...

Homework Statement Show that if an elastic collision between a mass and a stationary target of equal mass is not head-on that the projectile and target final velocities are perpendicular. (Hint: Square the conservation of momentum equation, using ##p^2=p\cdot p##, and compare the resulting...

Suppose there are two objects, denoted by A and B. When they collide with each other with the condition that A is stationary and B is in motion, B exerts an action force on A due to which A exerts a reaction force on B. Thus the net force exerted on A is FactionAB and the net force exerted on B...

Hi - I know that the information that I can provide here is too limited for a totally accurate answer, but is it possible to come up with a reasonable estimate? One vehicle, snow tires, on dry pavement, 6 degrees celsius, is motionless. Second vehicle strikes first in the rear. No evidence of...

Homework Statement photon collides with an electron producing a electron-positron pair, the three particles ( two electrons and one positron) move together in the same direction of the original photon. calculate the energy of each particle. Homework Equations photon: Ep=hf...

I recently came across https://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/~jlhunt/morph/5exp.pdf paper in The Physics Teacher that describes a handful of experiments which can be performed with common materials. The collision experiment in particular caught my eye because it seems like most collision experiments...

Hi! I am new to the forums and this is my first question. I am investigating the properties of this type of chain. In order to understand it better, I need to know the physics behind a falling angled rod. I understand that the other end speeds up to conserve momentum, but I do not understand...

Homework Statement A bolt of mass 0.3 kg falls from the ceiling of an elevator moving down with an uniform speed of 7 m/s. It hits the floor of the elevator (length of the elevator = 3 m) and does not rebound. What is the heat produced by the impact ? Would your answer be different if the...

Homework Statement A photon with the length of lambda hits a cathode perpendicularly to its surface. As a result, an electron leaves its surface perpendicularly to the direction of the photon. How much momentum was transferred from the photon to the cathode? The work function of the cathode is...

Homework Statement A small wooden block with mass 0.800 kg is suspended from the lower end of a light cord that is 1.60 m long. The block is initially at rest. A bullet with mass 0.0132 kg is fired at the block with a horizontal velocity v-_i. The bullet strikes the block and becomes embedded...

Most Fusion reactors, and the leading ones like JET, use high temp. plasma and confine it. So, the plasma would approximate the Maxwell- Boltzmann distribution. This means that only a small portion of the plasma has enough energy to fuse. But, collisions are much more often, right? Since not all...

Homework Statement "A particle with mass ##m_1=1kg## traveling at ##v_{1_{0}}\frac{m}{s}## collides with a stationary particle with mass ##m_2=2kg##. How small is the speed of ##m_1## after the collision compared to before?" Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution...

Homework Statement [/B]A 2.0 kg ball moving with a speed of 3.0 m/s hits, elastically, an identical stationary ball as shown (The first ball is traveling to the right). If the first ball moves away with angle 30° to the original path, determine the speed of the first ball after the collision...

three spheres of mass 1kg,2kg and 3kg move in the same line with velocities 5i,i and 3i respectively. the smaller masses are the first to collide.if only one collision takes place find the maximum value for the coefficient of restitution between the smaller masses. what I've got so far...

I have two balls spinning with v1, omega1 and v2, omega2. They collide elastically with no tangential slip, resulting in new values for v1, omega1 and v2, omega2. I have the two components v1 & v2 figured out in the plane of contact, where angular momentum does not come into play. But I am still...

Homework Statement [/B] A 2.3 kg object traveling at 6.1 m/s collides head-on with a 3.5 kg object traveling in the opposite direction at 4.8 m/s. If the collisions is perfectly elastic, what is the final speed of the 2.3 kg object? Homework Equations Conservation of Energy: 1/2 m*vi^2 = 1/2...

Hey guys, I'm going to say right up front that I haven't a clue how to do these calculations, but I have a scenario that I would like the math to if anyone can help me figure it out. What I had been able to attempt to figure out doesn't seem tangible? The formulas I had researched/used was...

A particle moves from point 0 to point 2. Both positions are known. The center of the circle and it's radius is also known. I am trying to work out the position of 1 where the particle strikes the circle. This is for a 2D astronomy simulator to work out where a particle will strike a 2D...

Good afternoon! I would like to preface by saying, yes, this is for a project. I am only posting here to see if my method of solving is correct before I finish the project incorrectly. Homework Statement I chose two balls, mass A: .553 kg and mass B: .410 kg I recorded their collision and...

Homework Statement A particle of mass m1 collides with a particle of mass m2 initially moving at right angles to it(see Figure 1 below). Calculate the final velocities of each particle, and the angles at which the particles leave the collision site( as measured with respect to the original...

There are two identical ball,ball A with velocity v and ball B is at rest. Ball A hit ball B directly. How will the two balls move after the collision? In my mind there are three cases: 1. Ball A stops and ball B moves with the velocity v. 2. Two balls move together with same speed v/2. 3. Two...

Homework Statement I was recently assigned a project of, tl;dr, building a wall to reduce the maximum force during a collision. Let me start by describing the setup as best as I can. First, here's an image: These aren't the exact track and carts we're using, but they provide a great...

Homework Statement A super cue ball is made of the same material with the target ball (radius r) but slightly larger: rc = (3)^(1/3)*r The cue ball collides with the target ball on a frictionless table, as shown below, with initial speed of v0. The collision is not head-on, as shown below. a)...

Homework Statement In a two-particle collision the square of the invariant mass is. M is total mass of the system (M2 is the square of the total mass) m is the mass of each particles E is the energy of each particles p is momentum vector of eache particles Homework Equations M2 = (E1+E2)2 -...

Homework Statement A small spherical rock of mass collides in space with a large spherical rock of mass as indicated in the diagram. After the collision the rocks stick together to form a single spherical object. https://postimg.org/image/fltmg3bj5/ (New here so I've no clue how to upload...

I'm trying to solve this problem, however I'm unsure if my reasoning is correct - I do agree with the answer, but something seems wrong to me in my reasoning. 1. Homework Statement A rod is on a frictionless surface, and is defined by the length L and mass M. It is hit on one end by a piece...

Homework Statement Homework Equations et Em and pm be the energy and momentum of the mass m after the collision. Let p and p' be the momentum of mass M before and after the collision. From conservation of 4 momentum: \begin{bmatrix}E+m \\ p\end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix}E_m+E' \\...

Homework Statement : A stick of length L and mass M lies on a frictionless horizontal surface on which it is free to move in any way. A ball of mass m moving with speed v collides elastically with the rod at one of its extreme end( as shown in the figure). If after collision ball comes to rest...

Homework Statement : A ball a, moving with kinetic energy E, makes a head on elastic collision with a stationary ball with mass n times that of A. The maximum potential energy stored in the system during the collision is a)nE/(n+1) b)(n+1)E/n c)(n-1)E/n d)E/n[/B]Homework Equations :Principle of...

Hi, let me ask probably dumb questions to physics experts... Why does the cue ball goes almost straight when its right (or left) side is struck by a cue (right English)? This is quite different from when a ball hits another ball, in which case the ball goes almost perpendicular from the contact...

Let us assume that we have inelastic collision of masses ##m_1=1## and ##m_2=k## This means ##m_2=k m_1##. (##k>>1##) ##v_1=v##, ##v_2=0##, Velocity after collision is ##v'##. Units are such that ##c=1##. Let us assume that ##v_1## is close to one. At inelastic collision we respect conservation...

Homework Statement There are two elastic "superballs" of mass M and m placed on top of each other with a smal distance. The lighter ball of mass m is on top of the bigger ball of mass M. The balls are released from a height h and have velocity u when they hit the ground. Prove that the top ball...

For a particle , E2 = (pc)2 + (moc2)2 and for a system of particle , (ΣE)2 = (Σpc)2 + (Σmoc2)2 so in that way before a collision, (ΣEi)2 = (Σpic)2 + (Σmoic2)2 and after , (ΣEf)2 = (Σpfc)2 + (Σmofc2)2 and as far as i know energy and momentum is conserved . so that means ΣEi=ΣEf and also Σpi=Σpf...

Homework Statement Two blocks are free to slide along a frictionless wooden track ABC as shown below. The block of mass m1 = 5.09 kg is released from A. Protruding from its front end is the north pole of a strong magnet, repelling the north pole of an identical magnet embedded in the back end...

Homework Statement A railway waggon of mass m=20t is traveling with v=18km/h. It then hits 10 other stationary railway waggons, with each one having the same mass of m=20t . (Friction is not being considered) Homework Equations a) Assume the 10 railway waggons are connected through strong...

NOTE: The subject should say Inelastic Collision 1. Homework Statement A 980kg sports car collides into the rear end of a 2300kg SUV stopped at a red light. The bumpers lock, the breaks are locked, and the two cards skid forward 2.6m before stopping. The police officer, estimating the...

I know there are many websites on Internet but I can not understand any. My teacher says impulse is only during a collision of one body with other (when a car collide with other car etc.). My question is will there be impulse when a body is accelerating , when it collides with the air molecules...

Homework Statement A 2 GeV electron is incident on proton (m_p * C^2 = 0.938 GeV) target at rest. Calculate the invariant mass of the electron-proton pair in the Center of Mass(CM) frame. Neglect the mass of electron which is much less than the proton mass.Homework Equations M = [P1 + P2)][/2]...

Homework Statement When a particle is accelerated toward another particle it is giving off electromagnetic radiation in the form of gamma waves. After a particle is annihilated, pions are transferred between the particles which turn into gamma waves which decay into (for example) an electron...

Hi. A simple model explains resistance in metals with collisions of the electrons with the stationary atomic cores. So I assume more collisions result in a higher resistance? But for the dissipated power we have ##P=U^2/R## , which is large for small resistance. I have difficulties combining...

A particle of mass 3kg moving at 15ms^−1 collides with one of mass 2 kg moving at 5ms^−1 in the same direction. Calculate the velocities after the collision i. the collision is elastic. ii. Suppose that in the collision of part (i), the final velocities are not parallel to the initial...

Homework Statement "Suppose a ##1000 kg## car slides into a stationary ##500 kg## moose on a very slippery road, with the moose being thrown through the windshield. (a) What percent of the original kinetic energy is lost in the collision to other forms of energy? (b) What percent of the...

Say a ball rolls down to the right with slipping with on an arc incline so that at the bottom it leaves horizontally. The instant it leaves horizontally and is now on a cart with mass with frictional surface. So the ball will roll on the cart with kinetic friction pushing to the left altering...

Assume both billiard balls have same mass and same radius. So situation 1: ball 1 is moving forward without slipping on a surface and collides elastically with ball 2 which is stationary on that same surface. I read that immediately after the impact, ball 1 stops and keeps spinning with its...

Is it more probable that particles will collide if both are moving or if one has velocity equal to 0? Let's say we don't have any forces between them and they're on a closed surface (for example a square).

In elastic collision momentum and kinetic energy are conserved. Where as in inelastic collision K.E. and P are not conserved since K.E. lost during deformation in target object is consistent with momentum conservation. The question here is in context of working out with a 70kg heavy bag (m2 )...

Homework Statement In the figure provided, two suitcases are on a 6.36 m high ramp to passengers waiting in a baggage terminal. The top suitcase is released from rest, and it slides down the ramp and hits the second suitcase. If the suitcase at the top has a mass of 11.8 kg and the other...

Really basic question: a particle, moving at speed u (u is fast enough for relativistic effects) with rest mass m0 collides with a stationary particle with rest mass m0. They coalesce to form a new particle of mass M (observer fame, not rest mass M) and move at speed v. find v in terms of y (y...