Connection for AP® Courses Relating to Linear Momentum Collisions
This text provides a brief introduction to linear momentum & force; impulse; conservation of momentum; elastic collisions in one dimension; inelastic collisions in one dimension; collisions of point masses in two dimensions; and introduction to rocket propulsion. Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this textbook.
Topics
- Acceleration
- Inelastic collision
- Payloads
- Recoil
- Rockets
- Space shuttle
- Rotation
- Two dimensional collisions
- Conservation of momentum
- Elastic collisions
- Internal kinetic energy
- Effective force
- Perfectly inelastic
- Point masses
- Impulse
- Motion
- Force
- Center of mass
- Momentum
- Collision
- Angular momentum
- Linear momentum
- Newtons second law
- Newtons third law