Experiment 3 – PASCO ME-6569 RMS_IDS KIT User Manual
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Experiment 3
Part AInelastic collision of carts with equal mass
Figure TN-3
Typical experimental results from Part A of Experiment 3 (smoothed).
collision starts
Equations entered into the Equation Field of the Experimental Calculator:
Formulae for Momentum and Total Kinetic Energy:
Total Momentum, Part A:
.51*@1.linVel*.01+.46*@3.linVel*.01
Total KE, Part A:
.51*(.5*(@1.linVel*.01)^2)+.5*(.46*(@3.linVel*.01)^2)
Formulae for smoothing data:
Total Momentum, Part A (smoothed): smooth(8,Momentum1)
Total KE, Part A smoothed:
.5*(.51*(smooth(8,@1.linVel)*.01)^2)+.5*(.46*(smooth(8,@3.linVel)*.01)^2)