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Poll: Two cars hitting each other in a head on collision at 50 m.p.h. is the same as one car hitting a solid wall at...
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100 m.p.h.
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50 m.p.h.
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8 66.67%
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Forces
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RE: Forces
100 mph impact force. No question about it.

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. A good example would be a baseball pitched at 95 mph at a batter. If that batter chooses to bunt the ball, the impact force is not as great, but if the batter swings and makes contact, the impact forced is compounded.

There's no way the impact force is the same on a wall as it is a head-on collision. Both cars are in motion (action). A wall has no action, therefore no reaction. The energy released in a head on collision is compounded by 2.

No question about it. Impact force of head-on collision is simply the sum of the two speeds the cars were traveling at the moment of impact.
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Messages In This Thread
Forces - by Darwinian - July 31, 2011 at 11:01 pm
RE: Forces - by edk - July 31, 2011 at 11:26 pm
RE: Forces - by theVOID - August 1, 2011 at 2:06 am
RE: Forces - by Cinjin - August 1, 2011 at 2:14 am
RE: Forces - by Tiberius - August 1, 2011 at 3:12 am
RE: Forces - by Cinjin - August 1, 2011 at 3:26 am
RE: Forces - by Violet - August 1, 2011 at 6:45 pm
RE: Forces - by theVOID - August 1, 2011 at 11:02 pm
RE: Forces - by Anomalocaris - August 2, 2011 at 3:15 am



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