COLLISIONS SAMPLE PROBLEMS | Ashlar STEM Academy

COLLISIONS

A Man moving on a Platform

A man is walking on a platform platform. The conservation of center of mass motion leads us to location of the man at a later time.

Rotational Collision of Two Discs

Two discs collide while the one at the bottom was rotating about a fixed axis passing through its center.

KINETIC ENERGY Two Particle System

The Kinetic Energy equation for a two particle system is written in terms of the relative velocity and the center of mass velocity.

Stopping a Cart with Sticky Balls

#collisions #centerofmass #physicspractice #algebra it is possible to stop a cart by throwing several sticky balls towards it.