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2-D Collision of Pucks -- Center of Mass Velocity
written by Aaron Titus
This lab uses Tracker video analysis software to measure and analyze the center of mass of a system of two pucks during a two-dimensional collision. Students measure the initial and final velocity vector for each puck and calculate the center-of-mass velocity of the system before and after the collision and show that it is constant. Tracker can automatically calculate and mark the center of mass in each frame, so it is easy to see that the center of mass velocity is constant and calculate its value from graphs of center-of-mass variables.

The TRZ file contains the lab handout, a video showing a 2-D collision of pucks, and the Tracker data file. The video copyright is Flashmedia.

The videos can be used with other video analysis software; however, the handout has screen captures from Tracker and instructions specifically written for Tracker.
2 supplemental documents are available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Linear Momentum
= Collisions in Two Dimensions
- Motion in Two Dimensions
= 2D Velocity
= Center of Mass
Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Modeling
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Laboratory
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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- Educators
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- video/quicktime
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Aaron Titus
Keywords:
center of mass, collision, tracker, video analysis, video lab
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Metadata instance created January 9, 2011 by Aaron Titus
Record Updated:
April 25, 2023 by Douglas Brown
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A. Titus, Computer Program 2-D COLLISION OF PUCKS -- CENTER OF MASS VELOCITY (2011), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10579&DocID=2072).
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A. Titus, Computer Program 2-D COLLISION OF PUCKS -- CENTER OF MASS VELOCITY (2011), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10579&DocID=2072>.
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Titus, A. (2011). 2-D Collision of Pucks -- Center of Mass Velocity [Computer software]. Retrieved December 2, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10579&DocID=2072
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Titus, Aaron. "2-D Collision of Pucks -- Center of Mass Velocity." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10579&DocID=2072 (accessed 2 December 2024).
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Titus, Aaron. 2-D Collision of Pucks -- Center of Mass Velocity. Computer software. 2011. 2 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10579&DocID=2072>.
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