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Bouncing of Non-Spherical Objects

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How can we calculate the trajectory of non-spherical objects like a cube or an oblong football ? Is it even possible ?

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How can we calculate the trajectory of non-spherical objects like a cube or an oblong football ? Is it even possible ?

 

Solving such problems would be more about prediction where the velocity after collision would be headed toward rather than the trajectory. It is possible, but very difficult

Probably not possible. The sensitivity to initial conditions is tremendous, so any small deviations will lead to wildly different answers after a few bounces, i.e. it's chaos theory.

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