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Two Particle Elastic Collision Model Documents

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Two Particle Elastic Collision Model 

written by Fu-Kwun Hwang and Wolfgang Christian
edited by Robert Mohr

The EJS Elastic Collision Model allows the user to simulate a two-dimensional elastic collision between hard disks. The user can modify the mass, position and velocity of each disk using  sliders.  Both disks are draggable and the center of mass is shown as a cross in the simulation.

The Elastic Collision Model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the ejs_ntnu_mech_ElasticCollision.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.  Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models.

Last Modified June 13, 2014

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Source Code Documents

Two Particle Elastic Collision Model source code 

The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Two Particle Collision Model.  Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS.

Last Modified December 2, 2008

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