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Mechanical Interactions II

1) A 1kg mass traveling at 10m/s strikes a stationary 1kg mass off-center. 2) The collision is elastic, as momentum and kinetic energy are conserved. 3) The impulse applied to the first mass during the collision is calculated as the change in momentum, which equals 5m/s-1 in the direction 30° west of north.

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Mechanical Interactions II

1) A 1kg mass traveling at 10m/s strikes a stationary 1kg mass off-center. 2) The collision is elastic, as momentum and kinetic energy are conserved. 3) The impulse applied to the first mass during the collision is calculated as the change in momentum, which equals 5m/s-1 in the direction 30° west of north.

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GITIMH3 94107 Mechanical Interactions II Page 1

Situations
12/1/99
For The Beginning Topic See Mechanical Interactions I

A Mass Strikes a Stationary Mass Off-Centre:


E.g. 8.66m.s-1
30 m1 = 1kg
m1 m2 = 1kg
-1
1
0m.s
m
1
m
2
Before
m2
60
5m.s-1
After

Momentum
  
P Before = m1. u1 + m2. u 2
= 1  10 + 1  0
= 10N.s
  
P After = m1. v1 + m2. v 2
= 1  8.66  cos 30 + 1  5  cos 60
 9.99N.s
 
 
P Before P After

Energy
WKE Before = ½.m1.u12 + ½.m2.u22
= ½  1  102+ ½  1  02
= 50J
WKE After = ½.m1.v12 + ½.m2.v22
= ½  1  8.662+ ½  1  52
 49.99J
 WKE Before  WKE After
 Since both momentum and energy are conserved the collision is elastic

Impulse of m1 
 
 P = PAfter  PBefore PB =10m.s
e f o
-1
r e
= 5m.s-1 N30W  
 P = 5m.s -1 PA =
f t8.66m.s
e r
-1

60 30 

Luke Cole Page 1

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