Most Collisions Are Secretly in One Dimension

Опубликовано 26 мая 2022, 13:00

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This video is about elastic and inelastic collisions in 1D, 2D and 3D - and how the collision of conservation of energy with conservation of momentum, plus a secret direction, results in a completely predetermined behavior for most collisions.

REFERENCES

1D Collision Calculator:
hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...

Elastic collision of spheres Wolfram
demonstrations.wolfram.com/Ela...

Oblique collisions of two 2D spheres
iopscience.iop.org/article/10....

Ballistic Pendulum
hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/...


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