The Virtual Air Track
This applet can be used to simulate a variety of 1D collision scenarios on the airtrack. The buttons are relatively self-explanatory.
Related Notes
- You can set up your own starting positions by stopping the simulation and then dragging the cars back to re-position them.
- Alpha is a measure of the elasticity of the collision; an alpha value of 1.0 would be perfectly elastic.
Sourced from: Interactive Physics Applet Database (http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/applets)