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Physics I

04-16-2008

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17:53:16

Query gen phy 7.27 bumper cars 450 kg at 4.5 m/s, 550 kg at 3.7 m/s, collision from back, elastic

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m1v1 + m2v2 = m1v1' + m2v2'

450 kg * 4.5 m/s = 2025 kg m/s

550 kg * 3.7 m/s = 2035 kg m/s

4060 kg m/s = 450 kg * v1' + 550 kg * v2'

I dont know where to go from here.

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18:20:48

** For an elastic collision we have m1 v1 + m2 v2 = m1 v1' + m2 v2' and v2 - v1 = -( v2' - v1').

We substitute m1, v1, m2 and v2 to obtain

450 kg * 4.5 m/s + 550 kg * 3.7 m/s = 450 kg * v1 ' + 550 kg * v2 ', or

4060 kg m/s = 450 kg * v1 ' + 550 kg * v2 ' . Dividing by 10 and by kg we have

406 m/s = 45 v1 ' + 55 v2 '.

We also obtain

3.7 m/s - 4.5 m/s = -(v2 ' - v1 ' ) or

v1 ' = v2 ' - .8 m/s.

Substituting this into 406 m/s = 45 v1 ' + 55 v2 ' we obtain

406 m/s = 45 ( v2 ' - .8 m/s) + 55 v2 ' . We easily solve for v2 ' obtaining

v2 ' = 4.42 m/s. This gives us

v1 ' = 4.42 m/s - .8 m/s = 3.62 m/s.

Checking to be sure that momentum is conserved we see that the after-collision momentum is

pAfter = 450 kg * 3.62 m/s + 550 kg * 4.42 m/s = 4060 m/s.

The momentum change of the first car is m1 v1 ' - m1 v1 = 450 kg * 3.62 m/s - 450 kg * 4.5 m/s = - 396 kg m/s.

The momentum change of the second car is m2 v2 ' - m2 v2 = 550 kg * 4.42 m/s - 550 kg * 3.7 m/s = + 396 kg m/s.

Momentum changes are equal and opposite.

NOTE ON SOLVING 406 m/s = 45 ( v2 ' - .8 m/s) + 55 v2 ' FOR v2 ':

Starting with

406 m/s = 45 ( v2 ' - .8 m/s) + 55 v2 ' use the Distributive Law to get

406 m/s = 45 v2 ' - 36 m/s + 55 v2 ' then collect the v2 ' terms to get

406 m/s = -36 m/s + 100 v2 '. Add 36 m/s to both sides:

442 m/s = 100 v2 ' so that

v2 ' = 442 m/s / 100 = 4.42 m/s. *

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I don't ""get"" the v2 -v1 = -(v2-v1) equation quite yet. I need some more time to meditate on it. i recognize that it is dead simple, but it just hasn't quite clicked for me yet. I do understand how the substitution between the two equations works.

Suppose you are 'riding' on mass 1. Then before collision, mass 2 appears from your perspective to be approaching, moving with velocity v2 - v1 (e.g., if you are moving at 10 m/s and the approaching mass at -5 m/s, it appears to be moving with velocity - 15 m/s).

After collision mass 2 is receding just as fast as it was formerly approaching. Its velocity is now v2 ' - v1 ' = -(v2 - v1) (e.g., in the preceding example the second mass appears after the collision to be moving with velocity +15 m/s).

The equations just say that in an elastic collision the relative velocity reverses.

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18:20:58

Univ. 3.48. (not in 11th edition) ball 60 deg wall 18 m away strikes 8 m higher than thrown. What are the Init speed of the ball and the magnitude and angle of the velocity at impact?

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not univ phy

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18:21:17

** We know the following:

For y motion `dsy = + 8 m, ay = -g = - 9.8 m/s^2 and v0y = v0 sin(60 deg) = .5 v0.

For x motion `dsx = 18 m, ax = 0 and v0x = v0 cos(60 deg) = .87 v0, approx.

Assuming a coordinate system where motion starts at the origin:

The equation of motion in the x direction is thus

x = .5 v0 * t

and the equation of y motion is

y = .87 v0 t - .5 g t^2.

We know x and y at impact and we know g so we could solve these two equations simultaneously for v0 and t.

We begin by eliminating t from the two equations:

x = .5 v0 * t so

t = 2 x / v0.

Substituting this expression for t in the second equation we obtain

y = .87 v0 * (2 x / v0) - .5 g ( 2 x / v0) ^ 2. Multiplying both sides by v0^2 we obtain

v0^2 y = .87 v0^2 ( 2 x) - .5 g * 4 x^2. Bringing all the v0 terms to the left-hand side we have

v0^2 y - 1.73 v0^2 x = -2 g * x^2. Factoring v0 we have

v0^2 ( y - 1.73 x) = -2 g x^2 so that

v0 = +-sqrt(-2 g x^2 / ( y - 1.73 x) ) ) . Since we know that y = 8 m when x = 18 m we obtain

= +- sqrt( -9.8 m/s^2 * (18 m)^2 / ( 8 m - 1.73 * 18 m) ) = +-sqrt(277 m^2 / s^2) = +-16.7 m/s, approx..

We choose the positive value of v0, since the negative value would have the projectile moving 'backward' from its starting point.

Substituting this value into t = 2 x / v0 and recalling that our solution applies to the instant of impact when x = 16 m and y = 8 m we obtain

t = 2 * 18 m / (16.7 m/s) = 2.16 s.

Alternatively we can solve the system for v0 less symbolically and perhaps gain different insight into the meaning of the solution. Starting with the equations

x = .5 v0 * t and y = .87 v0 t - .5 g t^2

we see that impact occurs when x = .5 v0 t = 18 m so that t = 18 m / (.5 v0) = 36 m / v0.

At this instant of impact y = 8 m so substituting this and the t just obtained into the equation of motion for y we get

y = .87 v0 (36 m / v0 ) - .5 g (36 m / v0 )^2 = 8 m.

The equation .87 v0 (36 m / v0 ) - .5 g (36 m / v0 )^2 = 8 m is easily solved for v0, obtaining v0 = 16.7 m/s.

With this initial velocity we again confirm that t = 2.16 sec at impact.

Note that at t = 2.16 sec we get y = 14.4 m/s * 2.16 s - 4.9 m/s^2 * (2.16 s)^2 = 8 m, within roundoff error, confirming this solution.

We need the magnitude and direction of the velocity at impact. We therefore need the x and y components of the velocity at the t = 2.16 sec instant.

At this instant we have x and y velocities

vx = dx/dt = .5 v0 = 8.35 m/s and

vy = dy/dt = 14.4 m/s - 9.8 m/s^2 * t = 14.4 m/s - 9.8 m/s^2 * 2.16 s = -5.6 m/s, approx.

The velocity at impact therefore has magnitude sqrt( (8.25 m/s)^2 + (-5.6 m/s)^2 ) = 10 m/s, approx. and the angle is arctan(vy/vx) = arctan(-5.6 / 8.25) = -34 deg, approx.

At impact the object is moving at 10 m/s and at 34 deg below horizontal (i.e., it's on its way back down). **

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