Collisions in 1D Lesson 3.

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1 Collisions in 1D Lesson 3

2 Objectives explain, qualitatively, that momentum is conserved in an isolated system. explain, quantitatively, that momentum is conserved in one and two-dimensional interactions in an isolated system define, compare and contrast elastic and inelastic collisions, using quantitative examples, in terms of conservation of kinetic energy.

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6 Momentum is Conserved in an Isolated System
Isolated System: does not allow matter or energy to pass in or out. This means that: This is a conservation law, just like matter, energy, charge...

7 Conservation of Momentum
Conservation of momentum can be written mathematically as: where Σ is the greek symbol sigma and means "the sum of".

8 This allows us to examine a very special type of situation in physics: the collision.

9 Collisions There are two types of collisions we study:
1. Elastic Collision: objects collide and bounce back without deforming, there is no energy lost. (ex: pool balls colliding). 2. Inelastic Collision: objects collide but deform in some way, losing energy (ex: a volleyball hitting the floor). Objects bounce back less or not at all (hit and stick).

10 1D Collision Example A 0.25 kg volleyball is flying west at 2.0 m/s when it strikes a stationary 0.58 kg basketball dead centre. The volleyball rebounds east at 0.79 m/s. what will be the velocity of the basketball immediately after impact? Step 1: Make a free-body diagram. Step 2: Write the conservation statement. Step 3: plug and chug (mind your negatives!)

11 Example A 125 kg bighorn ram butts heads with a younger 122 kg ram during mating season. The older ram is rushing north at 8.50 m/s immediately before collision, and bounces back at 0.11 m/s [S]. If the younger ram moves at 0.22 m/s [N] immediately after collision, what was its velocity just before impact?

12 Question: was this collision elastic or inelastic?
If the collision was elastic, then there will be a conservation of energy.

13 Hit and Stick Example A 1100 kg car traveling at 25 km/h [E] collides with a 1300 kg car traveling at 15 km/h [W]. After collision, the two cars stick together. What is the velocity of the cars after impact?

14 Explosion Example A pizza pop of mass 250 g is initially at rest. If it is heated and explodes into two chunks, one with mass 100 g moving at 3.0 m/s left and the other with mass 150 g moving right, what is the velocity of the second chunk?

15 Example A kg bullet is fired from a 5.0 kg gun. If the velocity of the bullet is 275 m/s, what is the recoil velocity of the gun?

16 Ballistics Pendulum example:
Today, ballistics gel is used to determine velocities of projectiles like bullets.

17 Example con’t. A 2.59 g bullet strikes a stationary 1.00 kg ballistic pendulum, causing the pendulum to swing up to 5.20 cm from its initial position. What was the speed of the bullet immediately before impact? Step 1: Use conservation of energy to determine velocity of the block-bullet system. Step 2: Use conservation of momentum to find the velocity of the bullet before impact.

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