_ Linear momentum and its conservation _ Impulse and momentum _ Collisions _ Two-dimensional collisions _ Center of mass _ Systems of particles. Momentum and collisions (chapter eight)

Linear Momentum Linear momentum is defined as the mass times the velocity of an object: This is a vector equation - in terms of the Cartesian coordinates:

Linear momentum The time rate of change of momentum of a particle equals the net force acting on it

Momentum conservation Consider an isolated system of two-particles, interacting with each other. The force on object 1 exerted by object 2 is The reaction force to this is the force on 2 by 1 Since these make up an action-reaction pair ConcepTest

Momentum conservation _ The result is a basic statement of the law of conservation of the total momentum for an isolated system. _ We can use this result to solve many types of collision and interaction problems in which we can choose the system to include two (or more) interacting objects. _ Momentum is a vector, so its conservation holds separately for each component

Examples Two carts (masses m 1 and m 2 ) are held together at rest on a frictionless cart with a spring between them. When released, what are their velocities? Before m 1 m 2 After

Conservation of momentum _ Examples _ Demo _ ConcepTest

Impulse and momentum The change in momentum of an object during a collision is caused by a net force. Integrating the differential for the momentum: This quantity (the net force integrated over time) is called impulse, and results in another statement of Newton:s 2nd law: The total impulse of the net force equals the change in momentum of the particle.

Impulse approximation The time average of the force is defined as So the impulse momentum theorem can be written In the impulse approximation, we assume one of the forces acting on the object is much larger than the others, but acts only for a small interval.

Collisions Use the impulse approximation - forces of collisions much larger, shorter duration than other forces on objects. Two extremes of collisions: Elastic - kinetic energy conserved (e.g. billiard balls) Perfectly inelastic - object stick together (maximum KE loss) Momentum is conserved in both

Collisions, cont. _ One dimensional elastic Momentum conservation Energy conservation After lots of algebra

2-d Collisions Momentum conservation – vector equation – holds for each component For elastic collisions – conservation of kinetic energy (magnitude of the velocity) Example

Center of mass = the average position of a system’s mass in the case of discrete point objects for an extended object

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Motion of a system of particles = the velocity of the center of mass of a system of particles is just in other words, the total momentum is just the total mass times the velocity of the center of mass. The acceleration of the COM is

Motion of a system of particles The forces F i has terms that are internal and external, but the internal forces sum to zero by Newton’s 3 rd law So the system moves like a particle of mass M located at the COM. If the net external force is zero, the total momentum of the system is conserved

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