EPISODE 1 – “What began as a simple collision”
A fired bullet hits a stationary block of wood and becomes embedded. The block, together with the bullet slide along a frictionless plane at a constant velocity. The bullet made friends with the block, but the block wanted to take their relationship further. Bullet said that they had only just met; it was too soon and that they should give it some time before deciding. Block wasn’t interested in waiting and had wanted to be in a serious relationship because block really liked bullet. Because bullet would not be persuaded, block stopped hanging out with bullet. Although they were still friends, they didn’t talk very much and never saw eachother.
While block was away, bullet could not stop thinking about what block had said to bullet at that time. Before long bullet realised that block was the one who was in bullet’s heart.
Immediately bullet left in search of block but by then, it was too late. When bullet had found block, block had been in a terrible accident. During a pulley experiment the tension applied in the rope had been increased beyond its maximum capability, and rope had snapped. Block had fallen over a distance of 3.8m before reaching terminal velocity and colliding directly with the surface below. The coefficient of friction between block and floor was 0.02. Things were not looking good for block.
Block was in the coma for three years. When block finally awoke in hospital, block could no longer remember who bullet was. Bullet cried.
Inpspired from dynamics assignments problems. I did this ages back when I was supposed to be solving a “block and bullet” problem. I made the “problem” more complicated.. and didn’t solve it… I actually wanted to write an episode 2… but the time constraints… How I dislike ENGG1010…
Tags: block, bullet, complete stop, decelerate, distance, embedded, engg1010, friction, initial velocity, mass, solution, velocity
