Elastic vs Perfectly Elastic Collision — One-dimensional carts
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Reset
Mode:
Perfectly elastic (e = 1)
Elastic (e = 0.8)
Elastic (e = 0.6)
Custom e
Mass A (m1):
4
Mass B (m2):
6
Velocity A (u1):
6
Velocity B (u2):
-2
Playback:
1x
0.5x
0.25x (slow-mo)
A (m1)
B (m2)
u1
u2
p before: —
p after: —
KE before: —
KE after: —
e = —
Mode: —
Cart A (m1)
Cart B (m2)
Impact glow
Velocity arrows
Ready: adjust masses and velocities, choose elasticity, then press Start.
Conceptual demo