OCR MEI Further Mechanics A AS 2020 November — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Mechanics A AS (Further Mechanics A AS)
Year2020
SessionNovember
TopicMomentum and Collisions 1

5 Throughout this question it may be assumed that there are no resistances to motion.
Model trucks A and B, with masses 5 kg and 3 kg respectively, rest on a set of straight, horizontal rails. Truck A is given an impulse of 3.8 Ns towards B .
  1. Calculate the initial speed of A. Truck A collides directly with B. After the collision, B moves with a speed of \(0.6 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\).
  2. Determine
    1. the velocity of A after the collision,
    2. the kinetic energy lost due to the collision.
  3. B continues to move with a speed of \(0.6 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) and collides with a model truck C, of mass 4 kg , which is travelling at a speed of \(0.2 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) towards B on the same set of rails. After the collision between B and C , the speeds of B and C are in the ratio 1 to 2 . Determine the two possible values of the coefficient of restitution between B and C .