Originally Posted By: paul
what would happen if a 6100 kg mass that has a momentum
of (+)78,000Ns comes in contact with a 100 kg mass that has a momentum of (-)4000Ns?

would they bounce off of each other?


I don't know! It's your concept. Would they? Do they have elastic ends? Do they have energy absorbing bumpers? Do they somehow fuse together?

If it's an elastic collision like our pipe, then you can work out the resulting velocities (or momentums) with one of the online calculators, or the formula on Wikipedia. It's a bit time consuming to derive.


Last edited by kallog; 09/25/11 11:31 PM.