Thanks a lot mbrmbrg- i think youve saved my sanity. And yea - I am already sure that the larger car would sustain less damage ;) the only thing i have to do is explain it. But it seems fairly obvious now that I've considered the 'force' side of things.
Still, if anyone can assure me theyre...
I hadnt, but i just tryed...I think i can see the light.
Is my conclusion basically that the same force on a heavier car results in less damage and injury...Sorry if I am a tad thick, But staring at this question for such a long time now - i really want to understand it.
Thanks a lot...
- I've noticed that i am not getting responses; possibly because of the complexity of my explanation. Ill simplify it in one sentence.
<b> If a car1 has a head on collision with car2 (with car 2 being twice the mass of car1), and both were traveling at the same velocity, then why would the...
As an extra - I had from the beginning thought that if i were able to prove the loss of Kinetic energy was greater for the car (Or something like that) i could explain the aforementioned question. A quicky question perhaps: Now that i have found the losses of each vehicle, how am i able to...
Homework Statement
Im hopeless at interperating this, so ill just quote it:
"The masses of the vehicles involved in the collision have significant influence on injury occurence. Suppose a large car of 2000kg and a small car of 1000kg hit head-on when both are traveling at 60km/h. The mass...