Oblique Collision
Oblique Collision
Oblique Collision
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When two objects collide such that there velocities are not in the line of action of contact force
then the collision is called as oblique collision.
We can split also oblique collision in inelastic, and elastic collision. It is important to notice that
momentum will conserve in each direction curing oblique collision also.
When two objects collide obliquely, their relative velocity resolved along their common normal
after impact is in a constant ratio to their relative velocity before impact and is in the opposite
direction.
1 2
1 2
v cos v cos
e
u cos u cos
u |
=
o |
,
1 2 1 2
v cos v cos e u cos u cos u |= o |
common normal
u
2
u
1
o
| u
|
v
2
v
1