Momentum & collisions · 3D

Compare momentum and kinetic energy as two carts collide.

Before collision · impact at 1.67 sInteractive model

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Experiment setup

Blue cart mass

Blue initial velocity

m/s

Positive is right; negative is left.

Orange cart mass

Orange initial velocity

m/s

Bounciness (restitution)

1 = elastic; 0 = the carts stick together.

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