I just wrote a short paper on the subject.
When masses are combined in the natural way as in m = m_1 + m_2 they have the same velocity and thus are combined in series. During an elastic collision with a spring the masses experience the same amount of force and thus are combined in parallel as in m = 1/(1/m_1 + 1/m_2) from the perspective of the spring.
You can find the paper here:
https://sites.google.com/site/nilrehob/home/documents
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Quote from: nilrehob on May 10, 2015, 03:56:44 PM
I just wrote a short paper on the subject.
When masses are combined in the natural way as in m = m_1 + m_2 they have the same velocity and thus are combined in series. During an elastic collision with a spring the masses experience the same amount of force and thus are combined in parallel as in m = 1/(1/m_1 + 1/m_2) from the perspective of the spring.
You can find the paper here:
https://sites.google.com/site/nilrehob/home/documents
/Hob
so where exactly spring/inductance is located during the collision?
Quote from: telecom on May 10, 2015, 10:26:56 PM
so where exactly spring/inductance is located during the collision?
Between the masses/capacitors. It doesnt have to be a spring present as long as the collision is elastic but the spring makes the comparison to the electrical circuit easier.
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New version 2 at:
https://sites.google.com/site/nilrehob/home/documents
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Does it mean that you can transfer all the impulse between two bodies using spring as an inductance?
Quote from: telecom on May 12, 2015, 11:20:56 AM
Does it mean that you can transfer all the impulse between two bodies using spring as inductance?
By impulse you mean momentum or energy?
See also my second paper called "Increasing Momentum or Charge".
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No, I meant impulse of the momentum according to Newton, M x V
Quote from: telecom on May 14, 2015, 08:26:25 AM
No, I meant impulse of the momentum according to Newton, M x V
You can do better than that, by repeating impulses you can increase momentum, see my other paper at:
http://overunity.com/15763/increasing-momentum-or-charge/
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