back to JavaXYZ (home page)

Mechanik

Collision

Simulation: m-01-Koll_Reihe.txt

With this simulation of the well known table toy it can be emphazised that the mass of all spheres have to be the same to make it work.
By changing the mass of a particle (to be changed in "Particle Inspector" window) it becomes clear, that each particle must have the same mass for a correct chronological sequence of the collision process.

Simulation: m-02-coll_row_1.txt.txt

If the mass of the colliding particle is not double, but just the number of colliding particles , the result is again an ordered sequence.
The crucial insight is that all collisions occur in sequence at different moments in time, and always between bodies of equal mass.

back to JavaXYZ (home page)