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    Calculating the energy of a stopping vehicle

    John Thanks for the interest. To give you a better idea of what I'm looking for, the situation is as follows: I am supplying avery large rail company with some simple heavy duty cover plates to bridge over some pits, the clients structural consultants are asking questions to which they...
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    Calculating the energy of a stopping vehicle

    John Many thanks, that makes a lot more sense than my own rambling nonsense.
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    Calculating the energy of a stopping vehicle

    Many thanks for the info guys. I've been thinking about your comments and our estimated stopping time is around 0.2 seconds and a reasonable friction coefficient would be around 0.2 - 0.3 for a steel plate and rubber tired wheel. Acceleration would be V/t as there is no final velocity...
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    Calculating the energy of a stopping vehicle

    I'm looking to calculate the horizontal force produced on a plate covering a pit from a fork lift truck coming to a studden stop whilst traveling across the plate. The information known is: Mass of truck: 9800kg Velocity : 0.75 m/sec Any ideas?
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