Elastic Vs Inelastic Collision
Collisions are of two types either elastic or inelastic. Substituting the definition of momentum p mv for each. David Explains What It Means For A Collision To Be Elastic Or Inelastic Linear Momentum Momentum Physics California Academy Of Sciences 2Momentum does not change. . Elastic vs inelastic collision can be understood using real-life instances and kinetic Energy is the primary quantity that decides the collision. When you take a shot on a pool table or tackle someone in a football game youre participating in a collision. If the objects bounce apart instead of sticking together the collision is either elastic or partially inelastic. But the two events we just mentioned are tota. Also that the energy loss in inelastic collisions is due to the fact that energy is required to squash or deform the object. Now to solve problems involving one-dimensional elastic collisions between two objects we can use the equation for con...