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Momentum
Momentum
Definition of Momentum
Relation between momentum and kinetic energy
Relation between momentum and force
One object
Two objects
Conservation of momentum
example
solution
Center of Mass
example
solution
Neat trick for calculating center of mass
center of mass for a continuous bodies
example
solution
higher dimensions
example
solution
Gravitational potential energy of a body
F=ma revisited
example
solution
example
solution
example continued
solution
Collisions
The Impulse
Totally inelastic collisions
Elastic collisions
elastic collisions in one dimension
Center of mass reference frame
Back to the old frame
example
solution
example
solution
elastic collisions in two dimension
Rockets
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Joshua Deutsch
Fri Jan 17 12:19:41 PST 1997