Impact and the Coefficient of Restitution

[Vladimir_Kitanov]

Homework Statement

V1=50 ft/m
e = 0,75

Relevant Equations

e=(relative velocity after collision)/(relative velocity before collision)

Last post with picture, after this i will use Latex.

She say that correct answer is 41 ft/m.

Is this correct?

 

[PeroK]

I get answer b). $41 \ ft/m$

 

[PeroK]

The coefficient of restitution applies only to the normal velocity component.

PS effectively you just multiplied 50 by 0.75.

 

[Vladimir_Kitanov]

The coefficient of restitution applies only to the normal velocity component.

Why only to normal velocity?
And how to calculate x then?

 

[haruspex]

Why only to normal velocity?

Because the energy lost is in the compression and subsequent expansion of the object, and the extent of the compression depends on the velocity component normal to the contact surface.

And how to calculate x then?

Resolve the initial velocity into components.

 

[Vladimir_Kitanov]

Normal component is in x direction, and ball bounce of wall just in x direction.That is why we can use coefficient of restitution in that direction?
And speed in y is same because we need to calculate speed right after collision?
Is that correct?

 

[malawi_glenn]

I guess one has to assume that there is no friction between the ball and the wall so that the compression is only in the horizontal direction.

 

[Vladimir_Kitanov]

I guess one has to assume that there is no friction between the ball and the wall so that the compression is only in the horizontal direction.

Yes, and that.

 

[haruspex]

I guess one has to assume that there is no friction between the ball and the wall so that the compression is only in the horizontal direction.

Oblique bouncing with friction is quite complicated. Assuming no slipping, as the ball compresses, the frictional component of the reaction force exerts a torque about the ball's centre, causing it to start rotating. So now we have rolling resistance as a new part of the ball starts to compress and a corresponding part starts to decompress.
Superballs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Ball), popular in the late '60s, could acquire so much spin that at the next bounce they would reverse direction, bouncing back and forth between two points on the floor.