A hammer encompassing a mass of around 1.10 kg is employed to drive 50 gram nails into wood. If the hammer impacts the nail having a speed of 5m/s, the nail is driven 2cm into the wood with a single beneath.
When the collision is perfectly inelastic, determine the speed of the hammer and nail instantly after impact.
For what time is the nail in motion? Suppose that the initial speed is acquired in a negligible time, after which the nail decelerates regularly.
Determine the average resisting force of the wood against the nil.
Draw the force versus time graph for the single impact.