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and elasctically bounced upward from concrete sidewalk.

What is velocity of the ball 1/4 second after the bounce?

g = 10m/s2

2007-09-17 10:52:12 · 2 answers · asked by Alexander 6 in Science & Mathematics Physics

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First answer disregards acceleration (af) due to air friction which immediately after the bounce = -10 m/s^2 (- = downward).
At any v going upward, af = -10*(v/vterm)^2 m/s^2, atotal = -10*(1+(v/vterm)^2) m/s^2
I can easily write the difference equations for a time-stepped simulation, but this is not explicitly integrable (at least by me).
An approximation, assuming constant acceleration = -2g, predicts the velocity to be 75 - 2gt = 70 m/s.

2007-09-17 15:02:47 · answer #1 · answered by kirchwey 7 · 1 0

Ok, I'll say it.

72.5m/s

2007-09-17 18:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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