LINEAR MOMENTUM

Contents:
 What is momentum?
 Impulse

 Conservation of momentum

 Collisions
 Inelastic collisions
 Elastic collisions
 What is momentum?
 Momentum is mass in motion. We can define it
by its equation:

 As the product of the mass

and velocity of an object
 It is a vector quantity
 The units of Momentum are [kg*m/s] or [N*s]
 What is impulse?
 Impulse is the product of the net force acting
on an object and the time for which it acts
 Impulse is a vector quantity

 The units of Impulse are [kg*m/s] or [N*s] the

same as momentum’s
 The formula:
 Momentum-Impulse Theorem
 It says that Impulse is equal to the change in
momentum
 Using the Newton’s second law we can derive

the formula:
F=m*a
a=v/t
…
p=I
 Conservation of momentum
 In any collision the momentum of the system is
always conserved; momentum gets neither created
nor destroyed.
 Collisions
A collision is an event in which two or
more objects exert forces on each other
for a short interval of time
 It is categorized into two types:

 Inelastic collisions
 Elastic collisions
 Inelastic collisions
 An inelastic collision is a type of collision that
takes place between two objects in which some
energy is lost.
 In the case of inelastic collision, momentum is
conserved, but the kinetic energy is not conserved
 The special case of inelastic collision is known as a
perfectly inelastic collision. Here, two objects stick
together after collision and move as a single object.
 Formula: m1*V1+m2*V2=Vc(m1+m2)
Inelastic collisions
Inelastic collisions
 Elastic collisions
 Any collision in which the collided objects get
separated after the collision is known as an
elastic collision
 In the case of elastic collision, kinetic energy

gets conserved as well

 Some examples of elastic collisions are

ping-pong, billiards, etc.

Elastic collisions
Thanks for the attention!