Re: Calculating Newtons in Joules and Joules/s



Randy Poe wrote:
Dennis B wrote:
PD wrote:
Dennis B wrote:
Randy Poe wrote:
Dennis B wrote:
You are blind if you cannot see that force is energy.

Saying it over and over won't make it so.

Force can be measured in J/m.

Yes, and energy can't.

The distinctions between momentum, energy, work, and
force are that they are different measurements of one thing: Energy.

Incorrect.

For everything is energy. You cannot argue with that.

Yes I can.

- Randy

I don't have the time or energy at the present moment to respond to all
of the messages in detail. Not that I don't intend to. In the interim,
perhaps following evidence will prove to you that momentum, force,
work, and energy are all unified:

Momentum = mv
Force = (delta)mv
(Kinetic) Energy = 1/2mv^2
work = 1/2mv^2

In other words, momenum, force, kinetic energy, and work are all
measurements of mv...

Perhaps now you will begin to understand my perspective?

A couple of comments:

These formulas you have here are NOT universal definitions, despite
what you may have read. They work sometimes, under some circumstances,
for some kinds of things.

Just because m and v appear in all of them does NOT mean that they are
the same thing. For example, if momentum and energy were the same
thing, then if the momentum for an object A happened to be the same as
the momentum for object B, then you would expect the energies to be the
same, too. But they're not. Let's take an example:
Object A: m = 2 kg, v = 4 m/s
Object B: m = 4 kg, v = 2 m/s
Here momentum of A = (2 kg)(4 m/s) = 8 kg*m/s
And momentum of B = (4 kg)(2 m/s) = 8 kg*m/s. They have the same
momentum. So if momentum and energy are the same thing, then if these
two momenta for A and B are equal, then so should be the energies.
Here energy of A = 1/2(2 kg)(4 m/s)^2 = 16 J
But energy of B = 1/2(4 kg)(2 m/s)^2 = 8 J.
Not the same.
So the momenta of A and B are equal, but the energies of A and B are
NOT equal.


-Dennis

I have a question for you: If the 2kg and 4kg masses have the same
momentum, what would happen if they each collided with a 3 kg mass
(each having identical properties) and transferred their momentum?

In collisions, typically one mass doesn't "transfer it's momentum"
to another. Most of the time both masses end up with some
momentum and KE after the collision.

The amount of momentum and KE transferred will be
different for the 2 kg and 4 kg masses if you assume
perfectly elastic or perfectly inelastic collisions.

Since the 2kg mass and the 4kg mass have the same momentum, wouldn't
both of the 3 kg masses have the same momentum as well?

Momentum and energy are separately conserved. Due to
those requirements, your hypothetical momentum transfers
can't both happen.

If the 3 kg mass were to get all of the momentum of the
2 kg mass, it would be moving at 2/3 of the velocity and
would therefore have (3/2)*(4/9) = 2/3 of the KE that the
2 kg mass originally had. That is possible in the right
inelastic collision, with the remaining 1/3 being lost to
heat.

What does the (4/9) represent?


If the 3 kg mass were to get all of the momentum of the
4 kg mass, it would be moving at 4/3 of the velocity and
would have (3/4)*(16/9) = 4/3 of the KE that the 4 kg mass
originally had. That is impossible.

What does the (16/9) represent?


It is not possible for a 4 kg mass to transfer all of its momentum
to a 3 kg mass in a collision.

- Randy

Make it two 4 kilogram masses instead of two 3 kg masses. And make the
collision totally inelastic, so that all of the momentum is
transferred. Then what would the results of a transfer of momentum be?
I don't see why the velocities would be any different. Although the 2kg
and 4kg masses differ, the 2kg mass travels at a greater velocity to
make up for the difference so that the momentum of the two is the same.
Therefore, I would expect that the 2kg mass should have just as much of
an impact as the 4 kg mass.

-Dennis

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