Systems of Particles, Linear Momentum

1. Impulse and Momentum

a) Students should understand impulse and linear momentum so they can:

(1) Relate mass, velocity, and linear momentum for a moving body, and calculate the total linear momentum of a system of bodies.

(2) Relate impulse to the change in linear momentum and the average force acting on a body. 

2. Conservation of Linear Momentum, Collisions 

a) Students should understand linear momentum conservation so they can:

(1) Identify situations in which linear momentum, or a component of the linear momentum, is conserved. 

(2) Apply linear momentum conservation to determine the final velocity when two bodies that are moving along the same line, or at right angles, collide and stick together, and calculate how much kinetic energy is lost in such a situation.

Made 25 July 2006
by Lori Andersen.
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