Final Velocity after a head-on Inelastic collision Calculator

This CalcTown calculator calculates the final velocities of two bodies after a head-on 1-D inelastic collision.

*Please enter 0 for completely inelastic collision and 1 for elastic collisions.

m₁

m₂

Initial Velocity (v₁)

m/s

Initial Velocity (v₂)

m/s

Coefficient of Restitution (e)

Final Velocity of mass 1 (v₁)

Final Velocity of mass 2 (v₂)

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where

v'₁ is the final velocity of the first object after impact

v'₂ is the final velocity of the second object after impact

v₁ is the initial velocity of the first object before impact

v₂ is the initial velocity of the second object before impact

m₁is the mass of the first object

m₂ is the mass of the second object