Defining impulse and defining momentum - their units and
Impulse–Momentum theorem and its relationship to Newton's Second Law
Edgerton's work in high speed photography
Tuesday, February 13
Managing forces in collisions for safety purposes: airbags, crumple zones, padding, etc.
Maximizing velocity as a result of collisions: baseball bat collisions
Wednesday, February 14
Some more example problems
Intro. to Momentum Lab
Thursday, February 15
Momentum lab
Tuesday, February 20
P. 219; 23-28, 31 due
Hand in homework problems today
A few words about inelastic collisions and the law of conservation of momentum: A frictionless cart with mass 10.0 kg moving at 4.0 m/s collides with another cart at rest with a mass of 6.0 kg. Determine the final velocity of the system.
Continue working on Momentum lab
Wednesday, February 21
Law of Conservation of Momentum examples
120 kg boy moving at 1.2 m/s collides with a 100 kg girl moving at 0.80 m/s. Determine the final velocity.
120 kg boy moving at 1.2 m/s collides with a 100 kg girl moving at -0.80 m/s. Determine the final velocity.