Concept · from MIT 8.01SC Classical Mechanics

Momentum and Impulse

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  • 1 problem file
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About these materials

MIT's own material for this topic, in MIT's order: Lesson 15: Momentum and Impulse [15.1-15.5].

Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 8.01SC Classical Mechanics, Fall 2016, Prof. Deepto Chakrabarty, Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, Dr. Michelle Tomasik, Prof. Anna Frebel, Prof. Vladan Vuletic — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Order: the items appear in the order MIT's own session page lists them; the sessions follow MIT's sequence. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 22, 2026. How RedLectern is built.

15.1 Momentum and Impulse

MIT 8.01SC · Week 5: Momentum and Impulse · This session on MIT OpenCourseWare ↗

15.2 Impulse is a Vector

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15.3 Worked Example - Bouncing Ball

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15.4 Momentum of a System of Point Particles

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15.5 Force on a System of Particles

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MIT's problem set

Problem Set 5

MIT places Problem Set 5 at the end of Week 5: Momentum and Impulse; it covers the whole part, not only this topic. Problem Set 5 on MIT OpenCourseWare ↗

MIT publishes no solutions for this problem set.

Where this sits in MIT 8.01SC

MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Deepto Chakrabarty, Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, Dr. Michelle Tomasik, Prof. Anna Frebel, Prof. Vladan Vuletic, 8.01SC Classical Mechanics, Fall 2016.

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Fall 2016 · Open the original course on OCW ↗

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