Engineering
Physics
Static and Kinetic Friction
Collision
Circular Motion in Vertical Plane
Question

A carrom board has queen at the centre. The queen hit by the striker goes in the hole without rebound when striker is struck perpendicular to striking line. Impact parameter depend upon

coefficient of restitution

radius of queen and striker

masses of striker & queen.

roughness of the surface of board

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Solution
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When the striker hits the queen perpendicularly at the center (impact parameter = 0), the collision is head-on. The queen's post-collision velocity is determined by the conservation of momentum and the coefficient of restitution (e), which defines the elasticity of the collision. The formula is:

v2=m1(1+e)m1+m2u1

Since the impact parameter is zero, the outcome depends only on the masses and the coefficient of restitution, not on size or surface roughness.

Final Answer: masses of striker & queen and coefficient of restitution