Week 7

Momentum and collisions

• Newton's second law in terms of momentum. Impulse and

collisions. Momentum conservation.
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• More about collisions. Conservation of components of
momentum. Rockets.
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• Centre of mass, elastic, inelastic and completely inelastic
collisions.
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• Collision examples. Problems involving different phases and
different conservation laws.
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Definition of momentum

Lesson 7.1
0.32
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Velocity is much more important in kinetic energy

Lesson 7.1
1.12
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General form of Newton's second law

Lesson 7.1
1.25
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Impulse

Lesson 7.1
2.33
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Momentum is conserved

Lesson 7.1
3.18
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Definition of a collision

Lesson 7.2
0.39
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Momentum is a vector quantity

Lesson 7.2
2.29
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If impulse is negligible in one direction . . .

Lesson 7.2
3.39
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Rocket engines in space

Lesson 7.2
4.25
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Centre of mass

Lesson 7.3
0.51
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Newton's second law for a finite object

Lesson 7.3
1.23
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Completely inelastic collisions

Lesson 7.3
3.45
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Elastic collision

Lesson 7.3
4.10
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The ballistic pendulum

Lesson 7.4
2.21
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Notes
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Notes