why do things bounce?

[ColJack]

I'm forever dropping screws and nuts at work and they always bounce off in strange directions sometimes never to be seen again..

the question I would like answered is why do hard things bounce?

I know that softer things bounce because they flex and store the kinetic energy and then release it when they un-flex, but with hard things like steel nuts there surely isn't any notable flexing going on..

 

[tim west]

I'm baffled why the cheques I receive tend to bounce

 

[gcol]

the question I would like answered is why do hard things bounce?

I was under the impression that the floor couldn't absorb the energy of the nut quick enough so it has no option but to bounce back up. No doubt some googler will be along in a minute with a link to wikipedia.

 

[heatingman]

Just tried bouncing my nuts on the laminate floor, now I cant stop my eyes watering.

 

[Rob]

No doubt some googler will be along in a minute with a link to wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

[tim west]

Just tried bouncing my nuts on the laminate floor, now I cant stop my eyes watering.

look it's enough having to live under emma's flat without you adding to the noise aswell!

 

[roughcaster]

Just tried bouncing my nuts on the laminate floor, now I cant stop my eyes watering.

Try turning them off at the "Cock"

Roughcaster.

 

[gcol]

Just tried bouncing my nuts on the laminate floor, now I cant stop my eyes watering.

Try turning them off at the "Cock"

Roughcaster.

Excellent.

 

[Trazor]

I think its more to do with elasticity, the ability to quicky regain shape.

I know that softer things bounce

Well apples and oranges don't...........................

 

[tim west]

I know that softer things bounce

Now why am I thinking of that lady jogger I saw this morning?

 

[Nige F]

Newton`s cradle hard steel balls.....now if they were soft squidgy Test.... ones, would they bounce

 

[TicklyT]

Doesn't Newton's fifth law of gravity state that ' Anything accidentally dropped will always come to rest in the most inaccessible place'

 

[wobs]

I think its more to do with elasticity, the ability to quicky regain shape.

I know that softer things bounce

Well apples and oranges don't...........................

Apples and oranges aren't very elastic, they're better at sitting in bowls and rotting. I've made dumplings however .........

 

[clf-gas]

I think its more to do with elasticity, the ability to quicky regain shape.

I know that softer things bounce

Well apples and oranges don't...........................

Apples and oranges aren't very elastic, they're better at sitting in bowls and rotting. I've made dumplings however .........

Oooh, Oooh, Dumplings, can I come for tea

 

[Bylough]

Well if hard things bounce why don't my eggs? mmm

Is the answer you're looking for something to do with the law --
'Every force must have an equal and opposite force'

So that's what bust me eggs!