Three Types Of Collisions
Collisions may involve many different qualities but momentum is a main aspect of a collision. There are three main types of collisions: elastic collisions, inelastic collisions, and completely inelastic collisions. All collisions involve momentum because momentum is conserved in all collisions. Momentum is also known as mass in motion and a vector. Momentum equals mass times velocity, which is found during a collision. Momentum is an important part during a collision because it determines the outcome of the collision depending on what is involved in the momentum. Momentum can be seen in many different ways like a moving car or a running child but momentum in a collision deals with two objects of either same mass and different velocities
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“The forces of interaction in an inelastic collision are non-conservative in nature” (Inelastic Collision).“Inelastic collisions are best known as one in which the kinetic energy is changed to some other form of energy in the collision” (Hyper Physics). These collisions can also been seen as the most ordinary types of collisions, for example a car crash. “If there are only two objects involved in the collision, then the momentum change of the individual objects are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction” (Inelastic Collisions). The total system kinetic energy before the collision equals the total system kinetic energy after the collision. When two cars collide which would be seen as an inelastic collision the momentum from both of the cars combined during the crash would be the same as after the crash, even though the kinetic energy would be different due to it changed into another form of energy. Inelastic collisions happen when the colliding objects are distorted in some way and usually they change their shape. When the objects change shape during the collision, this is where the kinetic energy goes. Clearly in a car crash a person could see when and where the kinetic energy was transferred due to the change in shape from colliding with another object. “The kinetic energy is what is used to bend the metal and deform the cars” (Types of Collisions). The kinetic energy lost in the collision appears in the form of heat energy, sound energy or light
“The forces of interaction in an inelastic collision are non-conservative in nature” (Inelastic Collision).“Inelastic collisions are best known as one in which the kinetic energy is changed to some other form of energy in the collision” (Hyper Physics). These collisions can also been seen as the most ordinary types of collisions, for example a car crash. “If there are only two objects involved in the collision, then the momentum change of the individual objects are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction” (Inelastic Collisions). The total system kinetic energy before the collision equals the total system kinetic energy after the collision. When two cars collide which would be seen as an inelastic collision the momentum from both of the cars combined during the crash would be the same as after the crash, even though the kinetic energy would be different due to it changed into another form of energy. Inelastic collisions happen when the colliding objects are distorted in some way and usually they change their shape. When the objects change shape during the collision, this is where the kinetic energy goes. Clearly in a car crash a person could see when and where the kinetic energy was transferred due to the change in shape from colliding with another object. “The kinetic energy is what is used to bend the metal and deform the cars” (Types of Collisions). The kinetic energy lost in the collision appears in the form of heat energy, sound energy or light