Collision of a Ball with a Barbell and Related Impulse Problems

Abstract

The collision of a ball with the end of a barbell illustrates the combined conservation laws of linear and angular momentum. This paper considers the instructive but unfamiliar case where the ball's incident direction of travel makes an acute angle with the barbell's connecting rod. The analysis uses the coefficient of restitution generalized to extended objects (in contrast to the usual point particles of introductory physics). The treatment becomes a springboard to studying impulsive two-dimensional collisions between other rigid objects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 24, 2007
Accession Number
ADA574900

Entities

People

  • Carl E. Mungan

Organizations

  • United States Naval Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Coefficients
  • Collisions
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Linear Momentum
  • Mass
  • Mechanical Energy
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Momentum
  • Orbital Angular Momentum
  • Particles
  • Physics
  • Spin Angular Momentum
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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