Collision
Collision: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Collisions, Elastic Collision, Inelastic Collision, Perfectly Inelastic Collision, Head-on Elastic Collision, Linear Momentum and Collisions and, Expressions of Velocities after Elastic Collision
Important Questions on Collision
What would happen to the mechanical energy in the elastic collision of two bodies?
In perfectly inelastic collisions, the relative velocity of the bodies
Two identical balls moving opposite to each other with the same speed, then the balls recoil with same speed after collision.
In an inelastic collision involving an isolated system, the final total momentum is _____.
Write the equation for linear momentum in elastic collision.
Two particles undergo a head on elastic collision. Then their velocity of separation and velocity of approach are not equal.
In head on elastic collision of two bodies the kinetic energy is conserved.
A completely inelastic collision is one in which the two colliding particles remain separated after the collision.
What is the condition for perfectly inelastic collision?
Linear momentum is always conserved in an inelastic collision.
Which of the following is not conserved in an inelastic collision.
In collision of two air molecules momentum and kinetic energy of air molecules are conserved then this is an _____ collision. (elastic/inelastic)
The law of conservation of momentum states that the sum of momenta of two bodies before collision is equal to the sum of momenta after collision provided that
When two bodies collide elastically, the force of interaction between them is
A body of mass is at rest. Another body of same mass moving with velocity makes head-on elastic collision with the first body. After the collision, the first body starts to moves with velocity
Two identical mass M moving with velocity u1 and u2 collide perfectly inelastically. The loss in energy is
A ball of mass collides with a wall with speed and rebounds on the same line with the same speed. If mass of the wall is taken as infinite, then the work done by the ball on the wall is
A particle of mass moving towards the east with speed collides with another particle of the same mass and same speed moving towards the north. If the two particles stick to each other, the new particle of mass will have a speed of
