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Momentum Learning Objectives

Content

Students should understand the following:

• momentum = mass x velocity
• Principle of conservation of linear momentum
• How to apply the principle quantitatively to problems in one dimension
• Force as the rate of change of momentum
• F=Δ(mv)/Δt
• Impulse FΔt = Δ(mv) where F is constant
• Significance of the area under a force-time graph
• Situations where forces vary with time, (e.g. kicking a football, crumple zones, packaging)
• Elastic & Inelastic Collisions
• The application of momentum conservation issues in the context of ethical transport design

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