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Trapped! Analysis of a Real Collision
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What would happen if you shot a bb into a suspended elastic strip? Visit this site, by Loren Winters, to find out. It provides an introduction, preparations, analysis, and interpretations of this experiment--along with an interesting strobe image--and the author presents a paradox for visitors to resolve.  A student gallery shows various examples of strobe photos, including balloons popped with paintballs and "fractured food."
http://www.hiviz.com/projects/inertia/bbtrap.html
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Motion, Forces, and Energy
- Applications of Newton's Laws
- Newton's Third Law
- Work and Energy
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photo credit: Loren M. Winters This resource was a Physics To Go feature from January 16, 2007 until February 1, 2007. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2006 HiViz.com
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Keywords: collision, elastic, force, momentum, photography, strobe, time, velocity
Record Creator: Metadata instance created October 25, 2006 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: Nov 02, 2006 by Ed Lee
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