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Collisions-New Tutorial Sheet

This document contains 11 problems related to collisions between objects. The problems involve calculating velocities, displacements, energies and other quantities after collisions between masses connected by springs, blocks on inclined planes, and particles colliding with each other or stationary objects. Elastic and inelastic collisions are considered. Kinetic energy, momentum, coefficients of friction and restitution are used to analyze the collision scenarios.

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Collisions-New Tutorial Sheet

This document contains 11 problems related to collisions between objects. The problems involve calculating velocities, displacements, energies and other quantities after collisions between masses connected by springs, blocks on inclined planes, and particles colliding with each other or stationary objects. Elastic and inelastic collisions are considered. Kinetic energy, momentum, coefficients of friction and restitution are used to analyze the collision scenarios.

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Collisions – Tutorial Sheet

1. Consider a head-on collision between two particles of masses m1 and m2. The initial speeds of
the particles are u1 and u2 in the same direction. The collision starts at t = 0 and the particles
interact for a time interval t . During the collision, the speed of the first particle varies as
t
 (t )  u1  (1  u1 ) .
t
Find the speed of the second particle as a function of time during the collision.

2. A block of mass 200 g is suspended through a vertical spring. The spring is stretched by 1.0
cm when the block is in equilibrium. A particle of mass 120 g is dropped on the block from a
height of 45 cm. The particle sticks to the block after the impact. Find the maximum
extension of the spring. Take g = 10 m/s2.

3. The friction coefficient between the horizontal surface and each of the blocks shown in the
figure is 0.20. The collision between the blocks is perfectly elastic. Find the separation
between the two blocks when they come to rest. Take g = 10 m/s2.

1.0 m/s
2 kg 4 kg

16 cm

4. A particle of mass m1 collides elastically with a stationary particle of mass m 2 (m1  m 2 ) .


Find the maximum angle through which the striking particle may deviate as a result of the
collision.

5. Three identical discs A, B, and C (as shown in the figure) rest on a smooth horizontal plane.
The disc A is set in motion with velocity v after which it experiences an elastic collision
simultaneously with the discs B and C. The distance between the centers of the latter discs
prior to the collision is  times greater than the diameter of each disc. Find the velocity of
the disc A after the collision. At what value of  will the disc recoil after the collision; stop;
move on?

A

6. Two bodies A and B of masses m and 2m respectively are placed on a smooth floor. They are
connected by a spring. A third body C of mass m moves with a velocity v0 along the line
joining A and B and collides elastically with A, as shown in fig. At a certain instant of time t0

Problem 7
after collision, it is found that the instantaneous velocities of A and B are the same. Further,
at this instant the compression of the spring is found to be x0. Determine (i) the common
velocity of A and B at time t0; and (ii) the spring constant. [IIT 84]

C A

7. A simple pendulum is suspended from a peg on a vertical wall. The pendulum is pulled away
from the wall to a horizontal position and released. The ball hit the wall, the coefficient of
2
restitution being . What is the minimum number of collisions after which the amplitude
5
of oscillation becomes less than 60 degrees? [IIT 87]

8. An object of mass 5kg is projected with a velocity of 20 m/s at an angle of 60 0 to the


horizontal. At the highest point of its path the projectile explodes and breaks up into two
fragments of masses 1kg and 4kg. The fragments separate horizontally after the explosion.
The explosion releases internal energy such that the kinetic energy of the system at the
highest point is doubled. Calculate the separation between the two fragments when they reach
the ground. [IIT 90]

9. A disc at rest on a smooth surface is hit by another identical disc moving with speed 5 m/s
such that at the time of collision, the line joining their centers makes an angle of 60 0 with the
initial velocity of the second disc. If the coefficient of restitution between them is 2/3, find
their velocities after the collision.

10. A block A of mass 2m is placed on another block B of mass 4m which in turn is placed on a
fixed table. The two blocks have the same length 4d and they are placed as shown in fig. the
coefficient of friction (both static and kinetic) between the block B and the table is μ. There is
no friction between the two blocks. A small object of mass m moving horizontally along a
line passing through the center of mass (cm, see fig) of the block B and perpendicular to its
face with a speed v collides elastically with the block B at a height d above the table.
a) What is the minimum value of v (call it v0) required to make the block A topple?
b) If v  2v 0 , find the distance (from the point P in the figure) at which the mass m falls on
the table after collision. (Ignore the role of friction during the collision.) [IIT 91]

A 2m

B 4m
m 2d
d cm

P
4d
11. Two blocks of mass 2kg and M are at rest on an inclined plane and are separated by a
distance of 6.0 m as shown. The coefficient of friction between each of the blocks and the
inclined plane is 0.25. The 2kg block is given a velocity of 10.0 m/s up the inclined plane. It
collides with M, comes back and has a velocity of 1.0 m/s when it reaches its initial position.
The other block M after collision moves 0.5m up and comes to rest. Calculate the coefficient
of restitution between the blocks and the mass of the block M. [Take sin   tan   0.05
and g = 10 m/s2.]
[IIT 99]

2 kg 6.0 m

Homework: Gupta & Gupta Chap–8


H C Verma Chap–9

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