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2D Collision Calculator

A simulator and calculator for oblique central impacts in a 2D plane. All aspects of the collision are adjustable via the table below, but velocities in particular may be changed by dragging the disks above.

Object 1

Mass (kg):

Entry Speed (m/s):

Entry angle (degrees, above the horizontal):

Object 2

Mass (kg):

Entry Speed (m/s):

Entry angle (degrees, below the horizontal):

Results

Object 1

Exit Speed (m/s):

Exit angle (degrees, above the horizontal):


Object 2

Exit Speed (m/s):

Exit angle (degrees, below the horizontal):

Total loss of Kinetic Energy (J):

Coefficient of Restitution (e)


Perfectly Inelastic