Problem with basic collision response
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I have a book in which they give me the formula for 100% elastic collision, but when I test it I don''t get the same results as the author, so I''m wondering if he made a mistake in the example. It''s about an object A that collides with an object B(pasted from the book):
ma = 2 kg
mb = 3 kg
vai (initial velocity of A) = 4 m/s
vbi (initial velocity of B)= -2 m/s
vaf (final velocity of A) = (2*mb *vbi + vai *(ma – mb ))/(ma + mb )
vbf (final velocity of B= (2*ma *vai - vbi *(ma – mb ))/(ma + mb )
vaf = (2*3*(-2) + 4*(2 – 3))/(2 + 3)
= (2*mb *vbi + vai *(ma – mb ))/(ma + mb )
= 1.6 m/s
vbf = (2*ma *vai - vbi *(ma – mb ))/(ma + mb )
= (2*2*4 – (-2)*(2 – 3))/(2 + 3)
= 2.4 m/s
Is the formula correct? Help a newb, skip church for 3 months.
ma = 2 kg
mb = 3 kg
vai = 4 m/s
vbi = -2 m/s
vaf = (2*mb *vbi + vai *(ma – mb ))/(ma + mb)
= ( 2*3*(-2) + 4*(2-3) )/( 2+3 )
= ( -12 - 4 ) / 5
= -16/5
= -3.2 m/s
vbf = (2*ma *vai - vbi *(ma – mb ))/(ma + mb)
= ( 2*2*4 - (-2)*(2-3) )/( 2+3 )
= ( 16 - 2 ) / 5
= 14 / 5
= 2.8 m/s
momentum before = 2*4 + 3*(-2)
= 8 - 6
= 2 kgm/s
momentum after = 2*(-3.2) + 3*2.8
= -6.4 + 8.4
= 2 kgm/s
kinetic energy before = 1/2*ma*vai^2 + 1/2*mb*vbi^2
= 1/2*2*4^2 + 1/2*3*(-2)^2
= 16 + 6
= 22 J
kinetic energy after = 1/2*ma*vaf^2 + 1/2*mb*vbf^2
= 1/2*2*(-3.2)^2 + 1/2*3*(2.8)^2
= 10.24 + 11.76
= 22 J
mb = 3 kg
vai = 4 m/s
vbi = -2 m/s
vaf = (2*mb *vbi + vai *(ma – mb ))/(ma + mb)
= ( 2*3*(-2) + 4*(2-3) )/( 2+3 )
= ( -12 - 4 ) / 5
= -16/5
= -3.2 m/s
vbf = (2*ma *vai - vbi *(ma – mb ))/(ma + mb)
= ( 2*2*4 - (-2)*(2-3) )/( 2+3 )
= ( 16 - 2 ) / 5
= 14 / 5
= 2.8 m/s
momentum before = 2*4 + 3*(-2)
= 8 - 6
= 2 kgm/s
momentum after = 2*(-3.2) + 3*2.8
= -6.4 + 8.4
= 2 kgm/s
kinetic energy before = 1/2*ma*vai^2 + 1/2*mb*vbi^2
= 1/2*2*4^2 + 1/2*3*(-2)^2
= 16 + 6
= 22 J
kinetic energy after = 1/2*ma*vaf^2 + 1/2*mb*vbf^2
= 1/2*2*(-3.2)^2 + 1/2*3*(2.8)^2
= 10.24 + 11.76
= 22 J
I apologize for thinking your "(pasted from the book)" applied only to the formulas, not the calculations below them. My "You''ve just made some errors in your calculations" should have been "whoever did those calculations made some errors".
The formulas are still fine though.
The formulas are still fine though.
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