newton's cradle simulation

[aidooon]

hello everybody. .
i am a college student. . and this year we are to write a program to simulate a physical phenomenon. . i chose newton's cradle. .
so plz if anyone has any precious info about this topic, or if anyone wants to suggest another topic for me to work on. . write it here. .
i know nothing about simulation. . they want us to learn that by ourselves. .
i want to work with C# and make graphics with XNA. .
i want any ideas. . any info. . anything beneficial for this issue. .
thanx alot ppl. .

[rcgldr]

The main issue will be how you want to simulate the near elastic collisions and compression of the balls.

One of several threads about this:

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=357358

[id5249]

Hi

You may want to check out www.siminsights.com
It is possible to make a basic Newton's cradle in under a minute

Best