elastic collisions

<a href="https://scienceres-edcp-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/08/01/center-of-mass/" title="Center of Mass"><img src="https://scienceres-edcp-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2012/08/sec_phys_momentum_collisions_centerofmass-150x150.jpg" alt="Center of Mass" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

Center of Mass

By Harish Appana Satya on August 1, 2012

All aspects of a two body elastic collision are explained from a center of mass point of view.

Posted in sec_phy_mom_col | Tagged collisions, conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, elastic collisions, frames of reference, kinetic energy, momentum, physics 11-12, velocity

<a href="https://scienceres-edcp-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/08/01/semicircles/" title="Semicircles"><img src="https://scienceres-edcp-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2012/08/sec_phys_circleMotion_semicircles-150x150.jpg" alt="Semicircles" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

Semicircles

By Harish Appana Satya on August 1, 2012

This problem set explores the momentum and energy present in balls travelling through semicircles and their relations to the semicircle’s radius.

Posted in sec_phy_cir | Tagged centripetal force, circular motion, collisions, conservation of momentum, elastic collisions, gravitational potential energy, gravity, momentum, physics 11-12, uniform circular motion

<a href="https://scienceres-edcp-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/08/01/bouncing-balls/" title="Bouncing Balls"><img src="https://scienceres-edcp-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2012/08/sec_phys_momentum_collisions_bouncingballs-150x150.jpg" alt="Bouncing Balls" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

Bouncing Balls

By Harish Appana Satya on August 1, 2012

Principles of momentum are used to explain what happens when two balls of perfect elasticity are dropped from a certain height.

Posted in sec_phy_mom_col | Tagged acceleration, collisions, conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, displacement, distance, elastic collisions, energy, gravitational acceleration, gravitational potential energy, gravity, kinetic energy, momentum, physics 11-12, velocity

<a href="https://scienceres-edcp-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/2012/07/25/two-block-collisions/" title="Two Block Collisions"><img src="https://scienceres-edcp-educ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2012/07/sec_phys_momentum_collisions_collidingBlock-150x150.jpg" alt="Two Block Collisions" class="thumbnail thumbnail " /></a>

Two Block Collisions

By Harish Appana Satya on July 25, 2012

How do two objects behave after they collide with one another? The role of momentum and energy in determining the outcome of collisions will be explored in the following set of questions.

Posted in sec_phy_mom_col | Tagged collisions, conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, elastic collisions, energy, inelastic collisions, momentum, physics 11-12

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