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Smoluchowski theory of Brownian Motion
I am studing Brownian motion, in particular I am reading the book "Brownian Motion, Fluctuation, Dynamics and Application" by Mazo. Now I am dealing with Smoluchowski theory, but I am having some ...
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Collision of bullets with dish to hold it in space.
A dish of mass $10\ g$ is kept floating horizontally in the air by firing bullets, each of mass $5\ g$, with the same velocity, at the rate of $10$ bullets per second and the bullets rebound with the ...
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Elastic collision between two circles [duplicate]
I am trying to calculate the final velocities of two equal mass 2-dimensional circles after an elastic collision. I have tried to figure it out using formulas I know from high school physics, but ...
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Hockey puck collision [closed]
I have a homework question in which a sticky hockey puck traveling at constant velocity parallel to the side of the rink strikes a stationary puck and sticks to it. The angels between centres at ...