ballistic pendulum
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Ballistic Pendulum. Using Conservation of Momentum and Conservation of Energy to Determine the Speed of a Bullet. The kinetic energy of the bullet is not equal to the energy of the can and bullet, energy is dissipated in the inelastic collision. Δh. m b = 0.0005 kg m c = .195 kg V b = ?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Ballistic PendulumUsing Conservation of Momentum and Conservation of Energy to Determine the Speed of a Bullet
The kinetic energy of the bullet is not equal to the energy of the can and bullet, energy is dissipated in the inelastic collision
Δh = 0.32m – 0.29m = 0.03m
mb = 0.0005 kgmc = .195 kgVb = ?
Δh
Work backwards, find velocity of Bullet + Can (vb+c) just after the collision using energy:
Energy is NOT conserved in the inelastic collision but Momentum is: