Impulse Billiard balls interact almost instantaneously, certainly in a fraction of a second. As shown in the figures, when two objects interact the contact force rises rapidly from zero to a maximum and just as quickly falls to zero. This occurs in a small time interval Dt, during which ...
Bouncing Impulses are greater when an object bounces. The impulse required to bring an object to a stop and then to “throw it back again” is greater than the impulse required to merely bring the object to a stop Bouncing If a flowerpot falls from a shelf onto your head, sad day. If ...