Collisions

• Collision Concepts
  • Inelastic Collisions
    • Inelastic Collisions in 1-Dimension
      • Example 1: Finding the Velocity After an Inelastic Collision - One Object Initially at Rest
        • Alternate Solution Using Conservation of Momentum
      • Example 2: Finding the Velocity After an Inelastic Collision - Both Object Initially Moving
        • Alternate Solution Using Conservation of Momentum
      • Example 3: The Bullet and Block - Finding an Initial Velocity
        • Alternate Solution Using Conservation of Momentum
    • Inelastic Collisions in 2-Dimensions
    • Example 4: A Collision at an Intersection
  • Elastic Collisions
  • Elastic Collisions in 1-Dimension
    • Using the Conservation Laws
    • Remembering the General Solution
      • Deriving the 1-D General Solutions
    • Using the Center of Mass Frame of Reference
      • Proof of the Center of Mass approach
    • Examples
      • Example 1 - One particle is initially at rest
      • Example 2 - Both particles have initial velocities
      • Example 3 - A "non-standard" problem
  • Elastic Collisions in 2-Dimensions
  • Real collisions (partly elastic and partly inelastic)
• Labs
  • Inelastic Collisions on an Air Track
  • Elastic Collisions on an Air Track
  • Elastic Collisions in Two Dimensions
• Links
  • An excellent Java-based simulation of a 1D collision by Fu-Kwan Hwang
  • An excellent Java-based simulation of a 2D collision by Fu-Kwan Hwang