Re: why pseudowork (NOT)

[Bob Sciamanda <trebor@VELOCITY.NET>]

Where it's available, this can be modeled on Interactive Physics, seeing
the effect of the spring/dashpot parameters values.

Bob

Bob Sciamanda (W3NLV)
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (em)
trebor@velocity.net
http://www.velocity.net/~trebor

----- Original Message -----
From: brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: why pseudowork (NOT)


> Far be it from me to try anything practical, Heaven knows!
>  But when I strung two plastic balls on cotton tethers pinned
> to the door frame as opposed pendulums, the one that was
> twice as heavy as the other did seem to slow way up on contact,
>  while the lighter one bounced back.
>    How about that!
>
> :-)
>
> Brian W
>
>
> At 21:40 10/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
> > Yes, Brian, you describe what should happen on the air
> > track. But how to make this happen? The question was
> > practical, not theoretical.
> >
> > brian whatcott wrote:
> >
> > > Linear momentum before is 2 x 1   and 1 x -1   kg m/s
> > > Linear momentum after  is 2 x 0   and 1 x 1    kg m/s
> > >
> > > Or is it?
> brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
> Altus OK