Recent content by Matteh

  1. M

    Is the damage from a collision affected by the speed of the vehicles involved?

    but what about if you think of it with the cement truck as the inertial frame of reference? the car is then only doing 10mph
  2. M

    Is the damage from a collision affected by the speed of the vehicles involved?

    You could also say that the flywheel would have more momentum as it would be turning much faster, this would increase the engines torque
  3. M

    Is the damage from a collision affected by the speed of the vehicles involved?

    oh sorry, the car (travelling at 60mph) went into the back of the cement mixer (travelling at 50mph)
  4. M

    Is the damage from a collision affected by the speed of the vehicles involved?

    Hi, new user here, just had to ask this question though to settle a debate! :) What I'm saying is that for a collision between two vehicles with one stationary and the other traveling at 10mph the damage will be less than if one vehicle was traveling at 50mph and the other at 60mph - same 10mph...
    • Matteh
    • Thread
    • Collision Real world Speed
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mechanics
Back
Top