Thursday, March 31, 2016

Collision

Elastic Collision

A collision of masses where both momentum and energy of the system is conserved before and after the collision.
Conservation of Momentum:
m1u1 + m2u2 = m1v1 + m2v2

Conservaation of Energy:
m1u12 + m2u22 = m1v12 + m2v22



Inelastic Collision

A collision of masses where only momentum of the system is conserved before and after the collision.
Conservation of Momentum:
m1u1 + m2u2 = m1v1 + m2v2

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