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AdamAlon
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Hi everybody,
I am currently working on a small computer programming project, and was wondering if you could give me hand.
Say I have two simple, identical balls moving in different speeds and angles towards each other. They hit each other elastically, and weigh exactly the same.
The location of their centers is also a given (see diagram for further explanation).
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1108/question.png
All the data is according to the diagram (which is completely general).
Can I tell through some sort of formula developments what their new speeds (size+angle) will be, after they collide? (As in U1=?, U2=?, newA1=?, newA2=?)
I tried figuring it out myself but got mixed-up and lost. Hopefully you might be able to help me :-)
Thanks a lot,
Adam
I am currently working on a small computer programming project, and was wondering if you could give me hand.
Say I have two simple, identical balls moving in different speeds and angles towards each other. They hit each other elastically, and weigh exactly the same.
The location of their centers is also a given (see diagram for further explanation).
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1108/question.png
All the data is according to the diagram (which is completely general).
Can I tell through some sort of formula developments what their new speeds (size+angle) will be, after they collide? (As in U1=?, U2=?, newA1=?, newA2=?)
I tried figuring it out myself but got mixed-up and lost. Hopefully you might be able to help me :-)
Thanks a lot,
Adam
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