Answer to Question #181860 in Classical Mechanics for Satyam

Question

Explain the inelastic collision.

Answer 1

$\text{An inelastic collision is a collision in which the kinetic energy of the system}$$\text{is not conserved after the collision.}$

$\Sigma E_0=\Sigma E_1+Q; Q\not =0\text{ where}$

$\Sigma E_0 \text{ pre-collision kinetic energy sum}$

$\Sigma E_1 \text{ post-collision kinetic energy sum }$

$Q - \text{transformation of kinetic energy into other types (as an example, internal energy)}$