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Description

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[Model Hierarchy]

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Assumed Knowledge

Prior Models

Vocabulary


Keys to Applicability

This model is [generally applicable] (assuming knowledge of the external forces and system constituents), but is especially useful when:

  • describing the momentum of systems where external forces are absent (system momentum will be constant).
  • estimating the force in a process that occurs in a very short time interval as in collisions (impulse will be easier to determine than force).

"Very short" is a relative expression. In collisions, we generally use the conservation of the system's momentum to yield information about the change in momentum of the individual system constituents. A "very short" collision in that context is one in which the internal forces produce an impulse on the constituent of interest that is so much larger than the impulse from external forces that the external forces can be neglected. Of course, that is a relative criterion as well, and will depend on the desired accuracy of the calculation.


Model Specification

System Structure

Internal Constituents:  System is composed of Point particles.

Rigid bodies may be treated as point particles with positions specified by the center of mass positions of the rigid bodies when this model is used.


Environment:  Only external forces need be considered, since internal forces do not change the system's momentum.

Descriptors

Object Variables:  Mass for each object (mj), unless momentum is given directly.

State Variables:  Velocity (vj) or momentum (pj) for each object inside the system.

Interaction Variables:  External forces (Fext,k) or, alternately, impulses may be specified (Jext,k). 


Model Equations

Relationships Among State Variables

If not directly given, momenta can be obtained using the definition:

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The relationship implied by the model is most easily expressed in terms of the system momentum, which is the vector sum of the constituent momenta. For a system composed of N point particles:

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Mathematical Statement of the Model

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or, alternately:

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Relevant Examples

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