Momentum & Collisions
What is conserved when bodies interact. Momentum, impulse, and the collisions — from perfectly elastic to perfectly inelastic — where conservation laws do the heavy lifting.
Modules
- Linear Momentum & Impulse
- Conservation of Linear Momentum
- Elastic Collisions in 1D
- Inelastic Collisions & Coefficient of Restitution
- Collisions in Two Dimensions
- Locating the Centre of Mass
- Motion of the Centre of Mass
- Rocket Propulsion & Variable Mass
- ARCHETYPE: The Ballistic Pendulum
- ARCHETYPE: Bullet & Block
- ARCHETYPE: Explosions, Recoil & Fragments
- ARCHETYPE: Man on Boat / Plank on Ice
- ARCHETYPE: The Bouncing Ball
- ARCHETYPE: Two Blocks & a Spring