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    Anyone ever heard of physics author named Hilary. D. Brewster ?

    It looks like her books are published by the Oxford Book Company, Jaipur, India... Have anyone read any of her books?
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    What are the velocity components after an inelastic collision in 2D?

    It isn't clearly stated but most probably the balls are moving "together" (they stick to each other) with a new velocity.
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    What are the velocity components after an inelastic collision in 2D?

    The energy is not conserved in the inelastic collision ;)
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    What are the velocity components after an inelastic collision in 2D?

    Homework Statement Two balls od the same masses collide, the first one is moving with the velocity v_1, the second is stationary. The angle between them is given by the statement: "the direction of the velocity of the first ball forms an angle \alpha=30^\circ with the plane of osculation of...
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    Graduate Interesting mechanics questions

    I've ecountered three interesting problems lately: 1. On a motionless sphere you can lay a cylinder. In what conndtions it is possible? After we move cylinder by a little degree it starts to vibrate and after a short period of time it goes back to the static situation. Why? 2. When mooring...