Sunday, November 6, 2011

Harmonic motion.?

The energy stored in a spring is given by .5*k*d^2: in this case .5*41*.015^2=.0046 J, which equals the kinetic energy of the bullet before impact. since E=.5*mv^2, we can solve for v = .900 m/s. In the absence of friction, the system will never come to rest.

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