Elastic collision Definition and 523 Threads

Homework Statement A block with mass 4 kg and velocity of 3 m/s collides elastically with block B with mass 2 kg which is originally at rest. Find the velocities of the two blocks after the collision.Homework Equations P= m * vThe Attempt at a Solution This is the first time I try to solve an...

Hi guys, I've been thinking on a problem for a while which really bothers me. I've been trying to mathematically solve the following problem: A train approaches the station at a velocity of V=50 m/s. Then a tennis ball is thrown with a velocity U=30 m/s, against the approaching train...

Homework Statement I was given the following problem and I an trying to discover if it can be answered by transforming to the center of mass frame and then transforming back. "Consider a perfectly elastic collision between a particle moving with kinetic energy 10 times its rest mass energy...

Homework Statement A 0.2 kg block, moving at 6 m/s, is catching up and colliding elastically with a 0.6 kg block that is moving along the same line and in the same direction. Find the velocities of the ball after this one-dimensional collision. Homework Equations Conservation of...

Homework Statement A small ball of mass, ##m_1## is aligned above a larger ball of mass ##m_2=0.63kg##, with a slight seperation. The two are dropped simultaneously from a height ##h=1.8m##(Assume the radius of each ball is negligible relative to h.) (a) If the larger ball rebounds elastically...

Homework Statement Hello everybody , a/There's an elastic collision between a photon of energy E and an electron at rest. After the collision, the energy of the photon is E/2 and propagates in a direction making an angle theta=60° with the initial direction. Find E. What kind of photon is this...

Homework Statement A 10.0 g marble slides to the left with a velocity of magnitude 0.400 m/s on the frictionless, horizontal surface of an icy New York sidewalk and has a head-on, elastic collision with a larger 30.0 g marble sliding to the right with a velocity of magnitude 0.200 m/s. Find...

Homework Statement A billiard ball moving at 5.40 m/s strikes a stationary ball of the same mass. After the collision, the first ball moves at 4.48 m/s at an angle of 34.0° with respect to the original line of motion. Assuming an elastic collision (and ignoring friction and rotational...

Homework Statement A 2kg block is resting on a frictionless table. It is hit, head on, by a 1kg block heading at 4 m/s. The larger block is sitting 3m from the edge of a 5m long table. The collision happens with the smaller block's distance being 2m from the table and the larger blocks d =...

English is not my native language. My question is about what happens when we throw a ball on the floor. I understand why the ball bounces off it. But I have a question, I wonder why almost all the kinetic energy get back to the ball, rather than lost in the land, that is, why this energy is...

Homework Statement Consider a 2-D elastic collision between two masses. The first mass is moving at initial speed v0 towards the second mass. The second mass is initially at rest. Mass m1 = 0.1 kg and mass m2 = 0.2 kg. The first mass recoils at 30° above the horizontal at speed v1, and the...

Homework Statement A 5.0 kg block with a speed of 8.0 m/s travels 2.0 m along a horizontal surface where it makes a head-on, perfectly elastic collision with a 15.0 kg block which is at rest. The coecient of kinetic friction between both blocks and the surface is 0.35. How far does the 15.0...

Hi guys, this is the equation of relative velocities in elastic collisions: Va1x-Vb1x = -(Va2x-Vb2x) I know that this means that the relative velocity of A to B before an elastic collision is the same in magnitude but opposite in direction after the collision. However, this applies only in the...

Homework Statement If a Mass let's say a Ball Bearing A with a velocity of 2ms-1 and a mass of 2Kg hits two other ball bearing B & C which is not moving with ball bearing B & C each has a mass of 1kg each. What will happen to ball bearing B & C? Please see attached picture i have the question...

Block 1 moves with speed of 10m/s to right. It hits block 2 which has twice the mass of block 1 and speed of 5m/s to right. compute the magnitude and direction of block 1 for a perfectly elastic collision. solution: u1 = 10m/s u2 = 5m/s m1v1 + m2v2 = m1u1 + m2u2 ----> v1 + 2v2 = u1 + 2u2 ...

Homework Statement Two carts of equal mass (15 Kg) have a head on elastic collision. The first cart has a velocity of 18.5 m/s to the right, and the second has a velocity of 12 m/s to the left. What are the velocities of the two carts after the collision? Homework Equations Since it is...

Hey guys! I am currently developing a simulation that involves sphere (or if you like particle) collision in 3D space. And I want it to be accurate (on the level of classic mechanics). The algorithm to do the job would take in the velocities, masses and relative position (aka line of...

Two titanium spheres approach each other head-on with the same speed and collide elastically After the collision, one of the spheres, whose mass is 300 g, remains at rest. What is the mass of the other sphere? What i did: m1v1 + m2v2 = m1u1 - m2u2 v1 = 0 b/c at rest m2v2 = m1u1 - m2u2 m2v2...

conservation of momentum, elastic collision, find other mass? help! Two titanium spheres approach each other head-on with the same speed and collide elastically After the collision, one of the spheres, whose mass is 300 g, remains at rest. What is the mass of the other sphere? What i did...

Homework Statement The figure below shows a thin, uniform bar whose length is L and mass is M and a compact hard sphere whose mass is m. The system is supported by a frictionless horizontal surface. The sphere moves to the right with velocity , and strikes the bar at a distance 1/4L from the...

Homework Statement Two nuclei make a head-on elastic collision. One nucleus (mass m) is initially stationary. The other nucleus has an initial velocity (v) and a final velocity of (-v/5). What is the mass of this nucleus? Homework Equations conservation of momentum...

Homework Statement A 200 g rubber ball is tied to a 1.0 m long string and released from rest at angle θ. It swings down at the very bottom has a perfectly elastic collision with a 1.0 kg block. The block is resting on a frictionless surface and is connected to a horizontal 20 cm long spring of...

Homework Statement a 6 kg, originally held at rest in position 1 as shown in the diagram below, slides down a frictionless quadrant of a verticle circle of radius 15 m. It then collides elastically with another 16 kg mass at rest at position 2. They bounce off each other and move on the...

elastic collision with Conservation of momentum problem? i need help with part b. Two titanium spheres approach each other head-on with the same speed and collide elastically, After the collision, one of the spheres, whose mass (m1) is .3 kg, remains at rest. (a) What is the mass of the other...

Homework Statement Homework Equations conservation of momentum, m1v1i+m2v2i=m1v1f+m2v2f and conservation of KE, ½m1v1i^2+½m2v2i^2=½m1v1f^2+½m2v2f^2 The Attempt at a Solution first, i defined my variables. v1i=-v2i, v1f=-0.750v1i, v1f=0.750v2i I tried isolating V2f using...

A particle with speed v1 = 2.64 × 106 m/s makes a glancing elastic collision with another particle that is at rest. Both particles have the same mass. After the collision, the struck particle moves off at 45º to v1. The speed of the struck particle after the collision is approximately... The...

Homework Statement Walt and Wolfie collide in bumper cars of mass 50 kg each. Walt has a mass of 78 kg, and Wolfie has a mass of 61 kg. Walt strikes Wolfie from the rear at V = 3.7 m/s. If the collision is elastic, Wolfie is initially at rest, and Walt's final speed is 0.2655 m/s in the same...

Same question as this link except my teacher changed the numbers. 1996-B No.1 part C http://lodischool.tripod.com/dovesol/DOVE96SOL.pdf Velocity of Bock A=4v0 2. mv+mv=mv+mv 3. I understand how to do the question in the pdf file. However, I don't understand how the concept...

Homework Statement A 2.0 kg ball is traveling east at 8.0 m/s when it has a perfectly elastic head-on collision with a 3.0 kg ball traveling west at 10.0 m/s. What are the final velocities of the two balls? Homework Equations http://www.nvcc.edu/home/tstantcheva/231files/G09_hw.pdf...

Homework Statement There are two carts, A and B, they hit each other and bounce off (Elastic) Here is what is given: vi=0 Mass of A=.8kg I call it Ma Mass of B=1.6 kg I call it Mb Vbo=1.0 m/s vib=0 vfb=.3 m/s Homework Equations conservation of Momentum I have p1 = p2 Ma...

A cart with a mass of 340 g moving on a frictionless linear air track at an initial speed of 1.2 m/s undergoes an elastic collision with an initially stationary cart of unknown mass. After the collision, the rst cart continues in the same direction at 0.66 m/s. (a) What is the mass of the second...

Homework Statement 9.6 A table-tennis ball is thrown at a stationary bowling ball. The table-tennis ball makes a one-dimensional elastic collision and bounces back along the same line. Compared with the bowling ball after the collision, does the table-tennis ball have (a) a larger...

Homework Statement A ball with mass m = 0.230 kg and kinetic energy K1 = 1.16 J collides elastically with a second ball of thesame mass that is initially at rest. After the collision, the first ball moves away at an angle of θ1= 37.6° with respect to the horizontal. What is the kinetic energy...

Would the 2 items displayed in the image below act as I expect in a zero G environment? Assuming that item A had a mass of 100kg and was stationary, Items B have a mass of 1kg and travel at 10m/s. what formula would I need to use to calculate the velocities and vectors of the items after...

Homework Statement A pinball with mass 80g is struck by a lever with mass 80g in a pinball machine in an elastic collision. The lever was pulled back 2 cm by a spring with spring constant k=1.4N/cm. What is the speed of the ball just after collision? Homework Equations F=kx...

Homework Statement Jerry and Mary, a young penguin couple, got separated because of an arctic storm. The storm is over and they start looking for each other. Jerry sees Mary first and he starts running on his little legs towards her. Then Mary sees Jerry and starts running as fast as she can...

I found the following: We have already seen that the flow of heat through conduction occurs when fast (hot) atoms collide with slow (cool) atoms, transferring some of their kinetic energy in the process. One might wonder why the fast atoms don't collide with the cool ones and subsequently speed...

Hi ! I am working on a table tennis playing robot. The picture of the robot is attached. I have few questions. 1) Can I consider the collision between Ball and the plate as the two dimensional collision ? ? (At this time I am not considering z-axis) 2) If I am considering the...

Hallo ! I am working on a problem. The data of the problem is: Two bodies are coming towards each other: Body 1: Mass = 3.5 Kg Body 2: Mass = 5 Kg The velocity of body-2 before hitting was 3m/sec and angle was 45 degree. The velocity of body-2 after hitting is 3.26197 m/sec and the...

Homework Statement A 45g marble collides with an identical stationary marble, and continues at 55 degrees to it's original direction. The collision is perfectly elastic. What is the angle between the direction taken by the target ball and the original direction of the incident ball...

I found this problem on a website. Is it right? (BTW, this is not homework, but I am just curious if I am thinking right about it.) A marble with a mass of 2 grams moves to the left with a velocity of 2 m/s when it collides with a 3 gram marble moving in the opposite direction with a velocity...

hi i am describing a noncentral elastic collision between two particles. therefore i assumed that one of them is at rest. now i want to return back to the system where both particles are moving. do i only need to add the velocity of the particle at rest to both of them and leave all angles...

Homework Statement If it is eg. two balls, both going to the right before and after an elastic shock, how do you determine their velocities after the collision? (speeds before and weights are given) Eg. M = 50 kg u1 = 20 m / sm = 100 kg v1 = 10 m / s (M, m = mass) (u1, v1 = velocity before...

ok, this is the question: neutrons scatter elastically at 1.0MeV. after one scattering collision, determine what fraction of neutrons will have energy of less than 0.5 MeV if they scatter from: a. hydrogen b. Deuterium c. Carbon-12 d. Uranium-238 solution process... the basic...

F=force, m=mass, a=acceleration, V=Volume, D=Density, dv/dt=(change in velocity)/(change in time) F=ma D=m/V m=VD a = dv/dt F=VDdv/dt = Volume * Density * (change in velocity) / (change in time) = (Volume of Air Moved) * (Density of the Air) * (the final velocity of the air)...

Homework Statement A curling stone with a mass of 20kg slides across the ice at 1.5m/s. It collides head on with a stationary 0.16kg hockey puck. After the collision, the puck's speed is 2.5m/s. Assume the motion occurs in the horizontal direction. What is the stone's final velocity? Follow...

Homework Statement Let a particle of mass 2M have an initial velocity of v0i (the i merely indicating it is traveling on the x axis) and undergo an elastic glancing collision with a particle of mass M initially at rest. After the collision, the M particle moves off at an angle of 45° above the...

1. A 62 kg skater traveling at 2.8 m/s accidentally bumps elastically into a 76 kg skater moving at 1.6m/s in the same direction Find the velocity of each skater after the collision 2. m1v1 + m1v2 = m1v3 + m2v4 3.

Urgent! Pendulum problem elastic collision Homework Statement An elastic ball (A) with mass m is released from a horizontal position, connected via a massless string to a rod. When the ball reaches the bottom, it collides with another elastic ball (B) of twice the mass, aslo connected...

Homework Statement A ball of mass 4.5 kg is moving 16 m/s east when it collides with a stationary 6.2kg ball, which moves at a velocity 10 m/s after the collision. Was this an elastic or inelastic collision? Explain your choice. Va = 16 m/s Ma = 4.5 kg Mb = 6.2 kg Vb' = 10 m/s...