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Redo Problem P21, this time using the concept of the center-of-momentum reference frame.

A car of mass 2300 kg collides with a truck of mass 4300 kg, and just after the collision the car and truck slide along, stuck together, with no rotation. The car鈥檚 velocity just before the collision was鉄38, 0, 0鉄﹎/s, and the truck鈥檚 velocity just before the collision was鉄ㄢ垝16, 0, 27鉄﹎/s. (a) Your first task is to determine the velocity of the stuck-together car and truck just after the collision. What system and principle should you use? (1) Energy Principle (2) Car plus truck (3) Momentum Principle (4) Car alone (5) Truck alone (b) What is the velocity of the stuck-together car and truck just after the collision? (c) In your analysis in part (b), why can you neglect the effect of the force of the road on the car and truck? (d) What is the increase in internal energy of the car and truck (thermal energy and deformation)? (e) Is this collision elastic or inelastic?

Short Answer

Expert verified
  1. Option 2 and 3 are correct.
  2. The velocity of the stuck-together car and truck just after the collision is2.8,0,17.6m/s .
  3. The gravitational force acting on the system will cancel out with normal force of the system by the road as the time for frictional force is short it can be neglected.
  4. The increase in the internal energy is2.71106J .
  5. The car and the truck will stick together after collision. Thus, the collision is inelastic.

Step by step solution

01

Identification of given data

The given data can be listed below,

  • The mass of the car is,mc=2300kg .
  • The mass of the truck is, mt=4300kg.
  • The velocity of car before collision is, u1=38i^m/s.

The velocity of the truck is,u2=-16i^+27k^m/s

02

Concept/Significance of inelastic collision

The colliding items must stick together and not separate in a completely inelastic collision. In general, an inelastic collision occurs when two objects collide at a slower rate than when they first collided.

03

(a) Determination of the system and principle used.

When collision occurred both car and truck will stick together without any friction which happens in inelastic collision. So, the system will only obey law of conservation of momentum and velocity can also be find by using it.

Thus, option 2 and 3 are correct.

04

(b) Determination of the velocity of the stuck-together car and truck just after the collision

The total momentum of the system before collision is given by.

p鈬赌i=mcu鈬赌1+mcu鈬赌2

Here,mcis the mass of the car, mtis the mass of the truck, u鈬赌1is the initial velocity of the car and u鈬赌2is the initial velocity of the truck.

The total momentum after collision is given by,

p鈬赌f=mc+mtv鈬赌f

Here, v鈬赌fis the combined velocity of the system after collision.

The velocity of truck-car after collision is given by,

vf=mcu鈬赌1+mcu鈬赌2mc+mt

Substitute all the values in the above,

v鈬赌f=2300kg38,0,0m/s+4300kg-16,0,27m/s2300kg+4300kg=0.348438,0,0m/s+0.6515-16,0,27m/s=13.2,0,0m/s-10.4,0,17.6m/s=2.8,0,17.6m/s

Thus, the velocity of the stuck-together car and truck just after the collision is2.8,0,17.6m/s .

05

(c) Evaluation of the effect of the force of the road on the car and truck can be neglected.

The gravitational force acting on the system will cancel out with normal force of the system by the road as the time for frictional force is short it can be neglected.

Thus, the effect of the friction force of the road on the car and truck can be neglected.

06

(d) Determination of the increase in internal energy of the car and truck

the total kinetic energy of the system before collision is given by,

Kbefore=12mcu12+12mtu22

Here, mcis the mass of the car, u1is the mass of the truck, is the initial velocity of the car whose magnitude 38m/sis and u2is the initial velocity of the truck whose magnitude is 31.4m/s.

Substitute all the values in the above,

Kbefore=122300kg38m/s2+124300kg31.4m/s21J1kg.m/s2

Kbefore=122300kg38m/s2+124300kg31.4m/s21J1kg.m/s2 =3.76106J

The total kinetic energy of the system after collision is given by,

Kafter=12mc+mtvf2

Here,is the final velocity of the car-truck system whose magnitude is 17.8 m/s.

Substitute values in the above,

Kbefore=122300kg+4300kg17.8m/s21J1kg.m/s2=1.05106J

The change in internal energy of the system is given by,

role="math" localid="1657863827031" Eint=Kbefore-Kafter

Here, Kbeforeis the kinetic energy before collision, and Kafteris the kinetic energy after collision.

Eint=3.76106J-1.05106J=2.71106J

Thus, the increase in the internal energy is2.71106J.

07

(e) Evaluation whether collision is elastic or inelastic.

The car and the truck will stick together after collision.

Thus, the collision is inelastic.

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