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FM 1 Unit Test 6 Elastic Collisions in Two Dimensions

This document provides 5 practice problems related to elastic collisions in two dimensions: 1) Finding the coefficient of restitution for a ball colliding with an inclined plane given the ratio of kinetic energies before and after impact. 2) Finding the magnitude and direction of the impulse and coefficient of restitution for a sphere colliding with a wall. 3) Given information about two colliding spheres before impact, finding the mass of one sphere and the impulse exerted by one sphere on the other. 4) Finding the range of possible values for the coefficient of restitution and the angle of motion after two wall collisions. 5) Deriving an expression for the coefficient of restitution between a sphere and

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FM 1 Unit Test 6 Elastic Collisions in Two Dimensions

This document provides 5 practice problems related to elastic collisions in two dimensions: 1) Finding the coefficient of restitution for a ball colliding with an inclined plane given the ratio of kinetic energies before and after impact. 2) Finding the magnitude and direction of the impulse and coefficient of restitution for a sphere colliding with a wall. 3) Given information about two colliding spheres before impact, finding the mass of one sphere and the impulse exerted by one sphere on the other. 4) Finding the range of possible values for the coefficient of restitution and the angle of motion after two wall collisions. 5) Deriving an expression for the coefficient of restitution between a sphere and

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Further Mechanics 1 Unit Test 6: Elastic collisions in two dimensions

1 A small smooth ball of mass m kg is dropped from a point above a smooth inclined
plane. The ball falls freely under gravity until it hits the plane.
The plane is inclined at 30o to the horizontal as shown in the diagram below.

The coefficient of restitution between the ball and the plane is e


It is known that the kinetic energy of the ball immediately before impact and the
kinetic energy of the ball immediately after impact are in the ratio 12:7 respectively.
Find the value of e (6 marks)

2 A small smooth sphere of mass 0.2 kg is moving with velocity (7i + 10j) m s-1 when
it collides with a smooth wall.
The sphere rebounds from the wall with velocity (2i – 2j) m s-1
a i Find the magnitude of the impulse received by the sphere. (3 marks)
ii Express the direction of this impulse as a unit vector. (2 marks)
b Find the coefficient of restitution between the sphere and the wall. (5 marks)

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Further Mechanics 1 Unit Test 6: Elastic collisions in two dimensions

3 A smooth uniform sphere P of mass 3m kg collides obliquely with a smooth uniform


sphere Q of mass 5m kg.
Both spheres have equal radii.
Immediately before the collision P is moving with a speed of 4 m s-1 in a direction at
an angle of  to the line of centres of the two spheres and Q is moving with a speed
of 2 m s-1 in a direction at an angle of  to the line of centres, as shown in the
diagram below.

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It is known that sin   and sin   and the coefficient of restitution
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between the spheres is 0.52
a Given that 3 joules of kinetic energy is lost in the collision find, correct to 3
significant figures, the value of m (8 marks)
b Find the magnitude of the impulse exerted by Q on P (3 marks)

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Further Mechanics 1 Unit Test 6: Elastic collisions in two dimensions

4 Two infinitely long, smooth vertical walls, A and B, are fixed on a smooth horizontal
surface and intersect at an angle of 135o. A smooth sphere of mass 0.25 kg is
projected across the surface towards wall A with a speed of 3 m s-1 and at an angle
of 60o to wall A, as shown in the diagram below.

The coefficient of restitution between the sphere and each of the walls is denoted by e
After its initial collision with wall A the ball is known to rebound and collide, at
some point, with wall B
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a Show that the range of possible values for e is given by 0  e  (3 marks)
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The exact value of e is found to be e 
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b After colliding with wall B the direction of motion of the sphere makes an angle
 ° with wall B. Find the value of  (3 marks)
c Find the overall kinetic energy lost due to the two collisions. (6 marks)

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Further Mechanics 1 Unit Test 6: Elastic collisions in two dimensions

5 A smooth uniform sphere, N, lies at rest on a horizontal smooth surface of ice, and
the sphere lies a fixed distance from a long, smooth vertical wall. An identical
second sphere, M, is projected with speed 2u in a straight line, on the same surface,
so that it slides freely towards N in a direction which is parallel to the wall. M
collides obliquely with N such that the line of centres of the two spheres at the point
of contact makes an angle of 60o to the wall, as shown in the diagram below.

M N

The coefficient of restitution between the two spheres is e


After N collides with the wall, the direction of motion of N is parallel to the
direction of motion of M after the collision between the two spheres.
Show that the coefficient of restitution, E, between N and the wall is given by the
expression:
1 e
E
7e
(12 marks)

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